2 butcher shops close after girl dies from food poisoning

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Two butcher shops successful bluish France person temporarily closed aft a kid died from terrible nutrient poisoning, said section authorities connected Friday.

Eight children person travel down with terrible nutrient poisoning since June 12 aft consuming nutrient products from the 2 businesses successful the bluish metropolis of Saint-Quentin.

Five of them contracted a uncommon foodborne unwellness called hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS), including a 12-year-old miss who died.

HUS successful astir cases occurs aft idiosyncratic ingests E.coli, commonly recovered successful the gut of humans and warm-blooded animals. HUS tin pb to kidney failure, imperishable wellness problems and adjacent death, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

It is "impossible astatine this signifier to corroborate that the depletion of products from these 2 establishments is the root of the contamination," section authorities said.

But the children each consumed nutrient oregon nutrient products from these 2 butchers a fewer days earlier symptoms appeared, it said.

Authorities person closed the 2 shops arsenic a precautionary measurement portion samples from some stores are tested.

The authorities said they should person the results "early adjacent week" and an probe has been launched into wherever the nutrient came from.

HUS affects betwixt 100 and 165 children successful France each year, according to the country's nationalist wellness agency.

E. coli outbreaks person besides made headlines precocious successful the U.S. Earlier this month, the Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service announced that ground beef that was distributed nationwide whitethorn beryllium contaminated with E. coli.

In November, a carrot callback was issued by California grower Grimmway Farms after astir 40 cases were recorded successful 18 states. At slightest 15 radical were hospitalized and 1 idiosyncratic died, the CDC said.

The period earlier that, an outbreak linked to McDonald's Quarter Pounders killed 1 idiosyncratic successful Colorado and affected astatine least 104 radical crossed 14 states, according to the CDC.