Deer suspected as source of E. coli outbreak

Oregon Public Health officials suspect deer may be to blame for the E. coli outbreak traced to Jaquith Strawberry Farm in rural Washington County. 

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Oregon Public Health officials suspect deer may be to blame for the E. coli outbreak traced to Jaquith Strawberry Farm in rural Washington County.

The medium-sized strawberry producer, with about 35 acres, sold potentially tainted fresh strawberries to buyers who in turn distributed them to roadside stands and farmers markets in Multnomah, Washington, Clackamas, Yamhill and Clatsop counties.  

Strawberries had never before been implicated in an E. coli O157:H7 outbreak in the U.S., and state officials weren’t sure at first what was making people sick.

Read more at OregonLive.com.

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