date:Jul 22, 2013
ckens and contact with soil, especially among children under two years of age.
But none of that was known when the outbreak began. And when attention did turn to imported Guatemalan raspberries, North American health officials got pushback from the Guatemalan Berry Commission. The growers organization had built up its market in the U.S. and Canada and was not anxious to take the blame for the outbreak.
Early on, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) lacked any physical proof that the Gu