FDA, Maryland, and Baugher Enterprise Warn: Avoid Baugher?s Apple Cider - Ecoli

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November 5, 2010 - Baugher Enterprise, Inc, of Westminster, Maryland, is recalling all production of Baugher's Apple Cider because it may be contaminated with Escherichia coli O157:H7 bacteria (E. Coli O157:H7). E. coli O157:H7 causes a diarrheal illness often with bloody stools. Although most healthy adults can recover completely within a week, some people can develop a form of kidney failure called Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome (HUS). HUS is most likely to occur in young children and the elderly. The condition can lead to serious kidney damage and even death.

Baugher's Apple Cider is sold in gallon and one-half gallon plastic jugs and is sold in Maryland and the Gettysburg area of Pennsylvania through retail stores.

The Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DHMH) and local health departments are conducting an investigation of a cluster of seven E. coli O157 infections. There have been no deaths, although three of the seven cases have been hospitalized. A potential association exists with the consumption of unpasteurized Baugher's Apple Cider. However, no contamination has been confirmed...
http://www.fda.gov/Safety/Recalls/ucm232977.htm

November 4, 2010 - The Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DHMH) and local health departments are conducting an investigation of a cluster of seven E. coli O157 infections. There have been no deaths, although three of the seven cases have been hospitalized. A potential association exists with the consumption of unpasteurized Baugher's apple cider. http://www.fda.gov/Safety/Recalls/ucm232878.htm

 

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Re: FDA, Maryland, and Baugher Enterprise Warn: Avoid Baugher?s Apple Cider - Ecoli

Nov 5, 2010:
FDA, state of Maryland, and Baugher Enterprise warn consumers to avoid Baugher?s Apple Cider - Cider may be related to outbreak of E. coli infections...

Baugher?s Apple Cider in half gallon and gallon containers, offered for sale in Maryland and Pennsylvania, is preliminarily linked with an outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 infections...

As of Thursday, Nov. 4, 2010, 7 persons infected with the outbreak strain of E. coli O157:H7 have been reported from Maryland since October 22. There have been 3 reported hospitalizations, 1 possible case of HUS and no deaths...

What is Being Done to Protect Consumers?
The FDA, DHMH and Baugher Enterprise are working together on the investigation. Initial public notification was made by DHMH on Nov. 4, 2010. FDA and the DHMH will continue to update the public with more information as soon as it is available. The FDA, in conjunction with the DHMH, has initiated an investigation at the Baugher Enterprise production facility.

In addition, Baugher Enterprise has voluntarily recalled the cider from its distributors... http://www.fda.gov/NewsEvents/Newsroom/PressAnnouncements/ucm232986.htm