![]() ![]() coli illness among residents of Sacramento County who consumed unpasteurized apple juice either sampled at or purchased from High Hill Ranch between Oct. 23, 2015, according to the Sacramento County Department of Health and Human Services, there were at least seven (7) cases of E. 5, the El Dorado County Health Department in Placerville released the following timeline in a fact sheet about the outbreak investigation: Until then, we have the excellent Barsotti Apple juice along with all their other great products.” The ranch owners plan to issue another statement about the situation in the near future, according to an employee who answered the phone at High Hill Ranch on Friday. The testing will be done in short order on our juice. Most people have probably already drank the juice they brought but our friends at the health department think it prudent to discard what’s left. “We are also having the juice tested as a precaution to make absolutely sure all is well, because after making juice for 50 years and not having any complaints, we want to make sure that the good track record continues. We regret that for health concerns, the free samples will have to discontinue. With so many people getting sick this time of the year this very well could have spread a virus to the sample jug. ![]() Unfortunately, hundreds of people touch the filler nozzle everyday to fill the sample cups. We have always offered free samples at our juice-making facility, so that the people could try the juice before buying it. There is some speculation that it may have been caused by drinking the apple juice. “It was recently brought to our attention by the health department that in mid-October, some people reported getting sick after visiting our ranch. Ranch owners Jerry and Michelle Visman issued a statement after the problem arose expressing regret about the illnesses, suggesting that customers may have inadvertently passed an illness along, and noting that they would no longer be handing out free samples of their apple juice. coli bacteria, other tests of the product by the California Department of Public Health were negative. 11 sample of the ranch’s unpasteurized apple juice tested positive for the E. 6 and substituted a flash-pasteurized brand of apple juice. 23, High Hill Ranch recalled its own brand of unpasteurized apple juice sold after Oct. ![]() (Placerville is in El Dorado County.) Ron Owens, a spokesman for the California Department of Public Health, said Friday that more information about the state’s role in the outbreak investigation would be available next week. “The California Food and Drug Branch is looking into it, and basically we are also working with them, but in terms of the environmental sampling that was done, sampling of the juice, that was all done by the state,” Greg Stanton, director of the El Dorado County Environmental Management Division, told Food Safety News. They reportedly became ill in mid-October after buying the raw apple juice for home consumption or being served it at the ranch. According to the Sacramento County Department of Health & Human Services, 11 of those sickened reside in Sacramento County, one lives in Yolo County, and one is from Contra Costa County. An investigation by state and county health and environmental officials is continuing into the source of the problem. coli O111 infection being linked to unpasteurized apple juice from High Hill Ranch near Placerville, CA. 6, 2015, there were 13 confirmed cases of E.
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