Multiple Cluster Outbreak at a Restaurant 2003
Salmonella related illnesses were linked to eating at a restaurant in Florida. Illness occurred in three clusters spaced one week apart. Sandwiches were the implicated vehicle in this outbreak. They were made with cut pork meat mixed with chopped onions on bread and squirted with "mojo" and salt. The 'mojo" was a spice blend mixed with fruit juices and was a commercially available product. No evidence of Salmonella contamination was confirmed in the food or the food workers.
- Outbreak began:
- March 2003
- Affected Country:
- US
- Affected States/Territories:
- N/A
- Organism(s):
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- Salmonella
- Vehicle(s):
- Sandwiches, Pork
- Molecular Results Available:
- Unknown
- Test Results:
- None
- Location(s):
- Restaurant
- Brand Name(s):
- Product Subject to Recall:
- Unknown
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- Recall Links:
- None
- Total ill:
- 24
- Number ill by Case Definition Known:
- Yes
- Number Laboratory Confirmed Cases:
- 5
- Number Probable Cases:
- 19
- Number Possible Cases:
- 0
- Anyone Hospitalized:
- Unknown
- Number Hospitalized:
- Unknown
- Any Deaths:
- Unknown
- Number Dead:
- Unknown
- Any References:
- Yes
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- References:
- http://www.dadehealth.org/downloads/dc_0403.pdf