Transcript Jack in the Box E. Coli Outbreak 1993

Jack in the
Box
E. Coli
Outbreak
1993
By Dede Bearden
E. Coli Bacteria
• Escherichia bacteria
• Inhabits the intestinal tract of humans and
other warm blooded animals
• More than 700 serotypes,
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• Symptoms: diarrhea, abdominal pain, kidney
failure and death
• Bacteria rapidly multiply in the large intestine
and bind to cells in the intestinal lining
• Causes bowel tissue death and acute kidney
failure in severe cases
The Jack in the Box Outbreak
• In 1993, around 600 people were injured and
4 children died after eating Jack in the Box
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• E. Coli bacteria were not killed in the cooking
process, and the meat was contaminated.
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Victim
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• Brianne Kiner, was 9 years old when
stricken with the E.Coli. It damaged
her pancreas and large intestine. She
stayed in the hospital for 189 days,
had three strokes, and 10,000
seizures. She went into a coma and
her mom was asked six times if she
wanted to have her daughter's plug
pulled. Brianna lived, losing a third of
her body weight. Today, she is 20
years old, has diabtetes and has to get
15 hours of sleep a day. One day she
will need a kidney transplant. Her
mom become an activist and has
spoken in front of meat lobbyists and
feds in Washington. --> her family
received 15.6 million from Jack in the
box in 1995
Jack in the Box Pays
• Within a week, the
source was determined
to be Jack in the Box
and over 200,000
burgers were
recalled.
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lawsuits and recovered
by adhereing to
industry standards.
• The company lost stock
holders and credibility
in the incident.
Sources
• http://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/epidem
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• www.aboutecoli.com/ecoli_outbreaks/view/jack-inthe-box-e-coli-outbreak