A local company is in hot water stemming from the deadly superbug outbreak in California.
The Food and Drug Administration says Olympus never had permission to sell endoscopes that have now been linked to seven superbug cases in California.
All of those patients at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center got the bug after routine endoscopic treatments between October and January.
Hospital officials say two endoscopes carried the deadly bacteria even after being disinfected.
FDA officials say Olympus -- with its U.S. headquarters in Center Valley, Lehigh County -- sold the scopes for at least three years without getting proper clearance.
Olympus apparently applied for FDA approval in 2014, after the FDA requested it.
Olympus officials have yet to comment.
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