300 say they got ill from Olive Garden
Associated Press
INDIANAPOLIS – More than 300 people say they became ill, and at least three have been hospitalized, after eating at an Olive Garden restaurant last weekend, health officials said Friday.
I am betting on Norovirus as the source – see, www.about-norwalk.com and www.noroblog.com
According to
An eastern Iowa girl remains hospitalized after eating tacos at a Cedar Falls Taco John’s restaurant two weeks ago. Nine year old Autumn Saul became very sick, suffering from diarrhea and abdominal cramps. She
Minnesota E. coli cases match those in Iowa; distinct from cases in Northeast U.S.
According to both the Minnesota and Iowa Health Departments at least five cases of E. coli O157 infection in people who ate at Taco John’s restaurants in Albert Lea and Austin share the same genetic fingerprint as cases from a similar
Henry Jackson – Associated Press Des Moines, Iowa
Not suprisingly, health officials in Iowa and Minnesota on Wednesday confirmed a link between E. coli outbreaks at Taco John’s restaurants that have sickened dozens of customers. Officials also said that the cause of the outbreak – which has sickened at least 50 people in Iowa and
According to press reports from Minneapolis, 14 illnesses now have been linked to E. coli contamination at Taco John’s restaurants in southeast Minnesota, according to the Minnesota Health Department. Several of those ill have suffered Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome – acute kidney failure. Lab tests have confirmed five cases, and nine more are suspected. Seven
Karen Robinson-Jacobs of the Dallas Morning News wrote an interesting article for Wednesday’s morning paper – a few excerpts:
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We were recently contacted by an Iowa resident who appears to have contracted E. coli O157:H7 (E. coli) after eating at Taco John’s in Cedar Falls, Iowa. At last count, nearly three dozen people have fallen ill with E. coli infections after eating at the Ceder Falls Taco John’s restaurant and one in Albert Lea,
According to the Washington Post this morning, “authorities in three states are investigating hundreds more cases of food poisoning in the northeastern United States, and federal investigators said yesterday that their prime suspect, green onions, may not have caused the outbreak.” What is important is the MAY – although the FDA did not find E.
Cedar Falls, IA — Officials in Cedar Falls, Iowa say an E. coli outbreak at the Taco Johns has made more than two dozen people sick with at least 14 hospitalized. This after Taco Bell pulled green onions from thousands of its restaurants after people in several states were sickened by E. coli. And two
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