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The student spent three days in a hospital but has since returned to class, said Barbara Bloomer, director of health services for the college.
“We’re looking at all possible scenarios,” Bloomer said. “We’re doing a 10-day diet food recall.”
The student regularly eats in the cafeteria on campus and lives in a private room of a campus residence hall that includes a private bathroom, Bloomer said. The bacteria are transmitted through contaminated food but can be passed from person to person.
Campus officials contacted St. Norbert’s two primary food vendors, the Sysco Corporation and Reinhart Food Service, said Matthew Doyle, associate director of dining services at St. Norbert.
The companies both had no recent reports of illness or any recalls for the products St. Norbert uses, but they continue to help investigate with school officials.
No other students have come forward with E. coli symptoms, which include severe abdominal cramps, Bloomer said. The bacteria have an incubation period of about nine days after exposure.
Doyle says about 1,300 of the just over 2,000 students at the college are on St. Norbert’s meal plan. The school serves about 2,000 meals a day.
