Karl Ehmer Meats/ IBP Ground Beef 2000
Everyone in a New Jersey family became ill with E. coli O157:H7 after eating barbequed hamburgers that they had made from ground beef purchased from Karl Ehmer Meats. A boy and a girl in the family had severe diarrhea. The boy's symptoms worsened, and he required hospitalization. He suffered severe complications from his infection, and these led to his death a few days after his hosptial admission. Leftover hamburger patties recovered from the family’s residence showed the presence of of a strain of E. coli O157:H7 that matched the strain isolated from the boy’s stool. The ground beef purchased by the family was shoulder clod that had been supplied to Karl Ehmer by IBP.
- Outbreak began:
- July 2000
- Affected Country:
- US
- Affected States/Territories:
- New Jersey
- Organism(s):
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- E. coli O157:H7
- Vehicle(s):
- Beef, Ground Beef, Hamburger
- Molecular Results Available:
- Yes
- Test Results:
- Unknown
- Location(s):
- Meat Market
- Brand Name(s):
- Product Subject to Recall:
- Yes
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- Recall Links:
- Unknown
- Total ill:
- 4
- Number ill by Case Definition Known:
- Yes
- Number Laboratory Confirmed Cases:
- 4
- Number Probable Cases:
- 0
- Number Possible Cases:
- 0
- Anyone Hospitalized:
- Yes
- Number Hospitalized:
- 1
- Any Deaths:
- Yes
- Number Dead:
- 1
- Any References:
- Yes