I don’t like being the Debbie Downer of food safety, but I also don’t like little kids getting sick when it’s preventable.
That’s why me and Chapman always escort our kids on visits to the farm (microbiologically dodgy areas).
California health types have confirmed that apple juice from High Hill Ranch at Apple Hill tested positive for E. coli O111.
Greg Stanton, of the health department, told KCRA 3 the first test result came back and was positive.
The juice from High Hill Ranch was dated Oct. 11, Staton said.
He added that results from two other samples are still pending.
There is a document circulating on social media that appears to show negative lab results for the juice. However, those are not the same results released by the El Dorado County Environmental Health.
KCRA 3 has reached out to High Hill Ranch owner Jerry Visman for an explanation of what the test involved.
The results come less than two weeks after High Hill Ranch announced it was voluntarily recalling its unpasteurized apple juice because of seven cases of E. coli illness among Sacramento County residents.
Health officials said the people consumed the unpasteurized apple juice in mid-October. The juice was consumed at home or at High Hill Ranch. One person was hospitalized and was expected to recover