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E. coli Outbreak Linked to Raw Milk Cheese
Investigation open CDC Outbreak notice Biological
Read the agency's notice · Agency id: ecoli/outbreaks/raw-milk-cheese-09-26
What the agency said
Product
Raw Milk Cheese
Status, as written
Investigation open
Distribution, as written
9 states
Outbreak figures (CDC's latest)
13 cases · 8 hospitalized · 0 deaths
E. coli O26 · illnesses began Jul 7, 2026 to Aug 26, 2026
How this record is classified
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Root cause
Not stated by the agency
(CDC notices describe the contaminated food, not why it was contaminated)
Status
Investigation open
Open in this dataset's terms
Whether CDC still lists the investigation as open.
Dates
Posted: Sep 25, 2026
Last agency update: Sep 25, 2026
Last agency update: Sep 25, 2026
What is missing or inferred
Fields the source did not provide. They are shown as "not stated", never estimated.
- rootCause (CDC notices describe the contaminated food, not why it was contaminated)
Fields assigned by our rules from the agency's wording: productCategory. Rules version 1.0.
Record history
First seen by this site Sep 29, 2026, 10:20 PM UTC. Last changed Sep 29, 2026, 10:20 PM UTC. No tracked field has changed since.
- Added Sep 29, 2026, 10:20 PM UTC
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