When Colton George became so sick that he had to leave his basketball game early, his parents were never thought that he would be in the hospital to fight for his life.
Colton, from Avon, Indiana, spent his 10th birthday critically ill last November with kidney failure after he fell ill with food poisoning.
Tests revealed that he had the same tension of E. Coli That was involved in an outbreak last fall linked to a farm that grew Romaine Sla.
Ninety people were sick in 15 states and one died of the bacterial infection.
But officials have not given public notifications about the outbreak, as is usual, and the company behind the infected SLA has not been revealed.
Also, a recall of the products was never published.
The FDA concluded his research into the outbreak and said that the threat to public health was over, so it did not have to give a notification.
Now, the Georges, who said they wrote the FDA dozens of times and called looking for answers, but did not receive a response, the company complained that they think is responsible for the brush of their son with death.
The family of Colton George, 10, demands answers from the FDA after a stomach ache had him fight for his life in the hospital
While Colton continues to recover, his parents are still looking for answers and they have brought a lawsuit behind the company that they thought was the source of the E. coli outbreak
Due to the lawsuit, the family’s lawyer was able to acquire documents that he says it shows that the SLA was produced by Taylor Farms, a large producer of salads and vegetables based in California.
The company denies that it was the source of the outbreak and the FDA said that it would not share information with regard to the source.
Colton’s father, Chris George, said: “There is simply no transparency of the federal government at all, and we are taxpayers, and I think we should have the name of the supplier that made my son sick.”
Chris said in April: ‘We know [the source] Was Romaine la, but they will not say who the Romaine lettuce delivered. ‘
An internal FDA memo The outbreak linked to a single lettuce processor, but it did not mention the grower and the audience was never informed.
Colton spent 18 days in the hospital, including 14 on dialysis to treat its kidney failure of the E. coli. His parents say he is doing better now and his medication.
‘It is really traumatizing when I am reminded of it [the sickness]. I’m just starting to tear up because I don’t want to … I don’t want anyone to remind me of it, “Colton told the local outlet WTHTR.
The outbreak seems to have started in St. Louis, Missouri, where a group of high school students ate salads served by a local catering company and soon doubled in pain and hospital.
Although around 90 cases were registered, there were probably dozens of others, since not everyone who gets E. coli is looking for medical help.
Colton’s E. Coli culture showed that it was a genetic match with the tension involved in that outbreak.
E. Coli is a bacterium that causes a series of disturbing and potentially life-threatening gastrointestinal symptoms, including watery and sometimes bloody diarrhea, nausea, vomiting, stomach pain, low fever and fatigue.
In some cases the blood vessels in the kidneys can destroy, leading to kidney failure – such as what Colton has experienced.
Leafy vegetables, lettuce and other vegetables belong to the foods that pose a risk of contamination of E. coli.
Romaine SLA and packaged salads are responsible for most dead, according to an analysis of consumer reports from food groups in the past six years.
Colton’s E. coli culture showed that it was a genetic match with the tribe involved in the 2024 outbreak that made 90 sick and killed one
Colton spent 18 days in the hospital and celebrated his 10th birthday while receiving a treatment
Producing is often polluted with E. coli by running away from nearby livestock farming.
Other families have joined the Georges in their lawsuit against Taylor Farms – the same grower who stimulated an outbreak of E. coli coupled to cut onions used on McDonald’s hamburgers.
Taylor Farms said in a written statement to DailyMail.com: ‘Taylor Farms product was not the source of the outbreaks 2024 E. coli.
‘We perform extensive rough and end product tests on all our product and there was no proof of contamination. Every report that connects Taylor Farms products with these heartbreaking diseases is dangerous, irresponsible and unfair for the affected families. “
The court case of the Georges requires compensation for the more than $ 20,000 in medical accounts and the costs of lost travel costs, because Colton had to be transferred to a hospital further away from his house, as well as payment for emotional need and coverage of lost wages.
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