In 1993, Jack in the Box suffered a major foodborne illness outbreak involving E. coli O157:H7 bacteria. Four children died of hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS), hundreds were hospitalized and 600 others were reported sick after eating undercooked patties contaminated with fecal material containing the bacteria at locations in California, Washington, Idaho and Nevada.  Brianne Kiner

In late October 2003, Beaver County ER doctors reported an alarming number of Hepatitis A cases. Investigators from the Pennsylvania Department of Health initiated an investigation immediately and discovered that many, if not all, cases had eaten at Chi Chi’s restaurant in Monaca, Pennsylvania’s Beaver Valley Mall. Along with the health department, the federal Centers

On February 14, 2007 the FDA announced a nationwide outbreak of Salmonella in ConAgra peanut butter produced at the Sylvester, Georgia plant.  The CDC eventually reported that 714 people suffered culture-confirmed Salmonella Tennessee infection with a genetic pattern matching one of the three strains associated with the ConAgra outbreak.  Seventy-three percent of cases are female,