Burma Superstar E. coli Outbreak Probed in San Francisco
At least 14 people have been sickened in San Francisco with E. coli O157:H7, including nine who ate at the popular Burma Superstar restaurant in the Inner Richmond neighborhood earlier this month. The...
View ArticleHacienda Don Villo Linked to Salmonella Outbreak in Illinois
Hacienda Don Villo, a restaurant in Channahon, Illinois, may be the source of an outbreak of Salmonella poisoning in Grundy County. Attorney Ryan Osterholm, who is investigating the outbreak, said the...
View ArticleLawyer Represents Victim of Salmonella Outbreak Linked to Hacienda Don Villo...
Ryan Osterholm, a lawyer with national food safety law firm PritzkerOlsen, P.A., has been retained by a victim of the Salmonella outbreak linked to Hacienda Don Villo, a Mexican restaurant in...
View ArticleWhat Causes Restaurant Outbreaks? Sick Employees.
A study published in the Journal of Food Protection looked at restaurant outbreaks. More than half of all foodborne illness outbreaks reported every year are associated with eating in restaurants. They...
View ArticleSick Food Workers are Recipe for an Outbreak
A study published in the Journal of Food Protection looked at food worker experiences with and beliefs about working while ill. Sick food workers are an important cause of foodborne illness outbreaks...
View ArticleCalifornia Will Require Paid Sick Leave for Restaurant Workers
The state of California may require paid sick leave for workers, which directly ties into food safety in restaurants. Legislation has been passed and Governor Jerry Brown is expected to sign it. AB...
View ArticleRosa’s Restaurant Cited with Violations Before Hepatitis A Warning
Before a Rosa’s Restaurant employee was diagnosed with Hepatitis A last month, the facility was cited for handwashing violations. The violations were for employees not washing their hands in a timely...
View ArticleSalmonella Outbreak at X10 Restaurant in Dalhart TX Sickens 64
The Texas State Health Department states that there are 64 confirmed cases of Salmonella food poisoning in Dalhart, most from the X10 Texas Wood Fired Grill restaurant (otherwise known as 10 in Texas)....
View ArticleTarheel Q Salmonella Outbreak Case Total Now 248; One Dead
According to the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, there are 248 people in 6 states sickened with a “diarrheal illness” after eating at the Tarheel Q restaurant in Lexington,...
View ArticleGoogle FINDER Search May Pinpoint Restaurants Associated with Food Poisoning...
Google and Harvard University have developed a new method for identifying restaurants that may be the source of food poisoning outbreaks much more quickly than traditional methods. The method is called...
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