Family sues Publix over blueberry-linked death
The family of Karla Mullins, a Florida woman who died after allegedly eating recalled GreenWise frozen blueberries linked to an E. coli outbreak, is suing Publix and distributor Quirch Foods. The lawsuit also says Mullins’ son became seriously ill and seeks damages, while the claims against the companies have not been adjudicated.
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About Escherichia coli
Escherichia coli ( ESH-ə-RIK-ee-ə KOH-lye) is a gram-negative, facultative anaerobic, rod-shaped, coliform bacterium of the genus Escherichia that is commonly found in the lower intestine of warm-blooded organisms. Most E. coli strains are part of the normal microbiota of the gut, where they constitute about 0.1%, along with other facultative anaerobes. These bacteria are mostly harmless or even beneficial to humans. For example, some strains of E. coli benefit their hosts by producing vitamin K2 or by preventing the colonization of the intestine by harmful pathogenic bacteria. These mutually beneficial relationships between E. coli and humans are a type of mutualistic biological relationship—where both the humans and the E. coli are benefitting each other. E. coli is expelled into the environment within fecal matter. The bacterium grows massively in fresh fecal matter under aerobic conditions for three days, but its numbers decline slowly afterwards.
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