After two more cases of E. coli food poisoning were identified on Thursday, no new cases came forward on Friday, according to the Huntsville-Madison County Health Department in Alabama.
A total of 18 individuals who ate at Little Rosie’s Taqueria from June 27 through June 30 have confirmed cases of E. coli food poisoning. Three people have been hospitalized, including a 5-year-old and a 70-year-old. The condition of a 48-year-old woman with hemolytic uremic syndrome, a complication of E. coli infection, has been upgraded from critical to serious.
HeaE.lth officials have said that the source of the E. coli contamination is shredded lettuce. They have also said that it is safe to eat at the restaurant at present. Symptoms of E. coli food poisoning include severe abdominal cramps and watery diarrhea. The diarrhea may become bloody and can lead to dehydration.
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