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The 1993 Jack in the Box Outbreak in the Western U.S
There have been dozens of 0157 outbreaks all over the world since its first appearance. This is probably the most famous foodborne or E. coli outbreak in the U.S. It started around Christmas 1992 when six-year-old Lauren Rudolph was rushed to the ER in San Diego after having bloody diarrhea. After a few days of battling the illness, she passed away. In January 1993, doctors at Children's Hospital in Seattle started noticing an unusual number of kids with hemolytic uremic syndrome.