Dec 8 (Reuters) - Public Health Agency Of Canada (PHAC):
* OUTBREAK OF E. COLI INFECTIONS LINKED TO FRESH EXPRESS BRAND SUNFLOWER CRISP CHOPPED SALAD KITS
* COLLABORATING WITH PROVINCIAL PUBLIC HEALTH PARTNERS, CFIA, HEALTH CANADA TO PROBE OUTBREAK OF E. COLI INFECTIONS ACROSS 5 EASTERN PROVINCES
* OUTBREAK OF E. COLI INFECTIONS APPEARS TO BE ONGOING, AS RECENT ILLNESSES CONTINUE TO BE REPORTED TO PHAC
* PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA (PHAC) - AS OF DECEMBER 8, 2019, THERE ARE 16 CONFIRMED CASES OF E. COLI O157 ILLNESS LINKED TO OUTBREAK
* EXPOSURE TO FRESH EXPRESS BRAND SUNFLOWER CRISP CHOPPED SALAD KITS IDENTIFIED AS LIKELY SOURCE OF OUTBREAK OF E. COLI INFECTIONS
* INVESTIGATION IS ONGOING, AND IT IS POSSIBLE THAT ADDITIONAL SOURCES COULD BE IDENTIFIED
* 4 INDIVIDUALS HOSPITALIZED, NO DEATHS REPORTED. INDIVIDUALS WHO BECAME ILL ARE BETWEEN 11 & 73 YEARS OF AGE; MAJORITY OF CASES (62%) ARE FEMALE