Sludge Watch ==> Sen Florez demands E. coli outbreak results

[Maureen Reilly]

Senator demands E. coli outbreak results

10.mar.07
KGET-TV (CA)
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17550684/

Senator Dean Florez was cited as criticizing the California Department of 
Health Services on Friday after the department refused to release its report 
on September's deadly E. coli outbreak.
Florez was further cited as saying he thinks the department is keeping the 
report from the public because he believes they "dropped the ball" when it 
comes to protecting the public from food-borne illnesses, adding, "When you 
have this cloud of secrecy and you have this whole department unwilling to 
come and tell the public ultimately what went wrong, why it went wrong, and 
ultimately who is responsible, it is very difficult for the public, I 
believe, to think the government is actually working toward the food safety 
policy."

The story says that in a letter to the senator, the department said it would 
be premature to release the findings of the report at this time.