The FDA found that six of the 10 people who got sick had been hospitalized before becoming ill with listeria. The FDA found that items made by Fresh & Ready Foods had been served in at least three of the healthcare facilities where the patients had been previously treated.
Which very clearly indicates not that they’re juicing the numbers, but that the prepared food supplier sold their contaminated food products to hospitals where they got patients sick.
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Which very clearly indicates not that they’re juicing the numbers, but that the prepared food supplier sold their contaminated food products to hospitals where they got patients sick.