Who knew that a tiny cube of a cheese sample could make 27 year old social worker Annette Sutfin so sick? She took a cheese sample at one of the Costco’s in Phoenix, Arizona and went to the hospital three days later. She suffered stomach cramps on October 18, and they got really intense on the 21st. When she went to the hospital, she was released, but she went back two days later because of bloody diarrhea. She stayed till the 25th and later got a call from the Maricopa County Health Department on November 1 to tell her she tested positive for E. coli 057:H7.
No one had told her that the Bravo Farms Dutch Style Gouda Cheese she took a sample of was made from raw milk and that their are risks to be considered when consuming unpasteurized products. "All the things you read about E. coli seem to be about beef," she said and the investigation of what she ate did not seem likely to lead back to the small Costco cheese sample.
Sutfin did recover but not 100 percent. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, their were 10 other victims of the outbreak in Arizona. Eight are from Colorado, three are from New Mexico, two are from Nevada and one is from California.
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