IHOP Salmonella Outbreak Update
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Our law firm is representing several victims of a Texas Salmonella outbreak linked to The International House of Pancakes (IHOP) on Western Street in Amarillo, Texas.
Health officials have linked 25 cases of Salmonella poisoning to a September IHOP Salmonella outbreak and more than 100 to a June IHOP Salmonella outbreak.
Health officials determined that the source of the IHOP Salmonella outbreaks was a warming bath used to keep the syrup warm. Health officials found the outbreak-strain of Salmonella in a culture taken from the warming bath. Interviews with IHOP employees revealed that syrup pitchers were not rinsed, washed or sanitized before refilling, and some of the 25 people sickened in September outbreak were IHOP employees in charge of refilling syrup containers.
The troubled IHOP has been closed since September 17, but it may be opening soon. Health officials are requiring the IHOP to complete environmental testing for Salmonella along with 14 other measures before reopening.
Source of Amarillo, Texas IHOP Salmonella Outbreak Found: Pritzker Law Firm Representing Victims
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Health officials have found the source of the Amarillo, Texas IHOP Salmonella outbreak, the warming bath that the restaurant used to keep the syrup warm. Health officials found the outbreak-strain of Salmonella in a culture taken from the warming bath. Interviews with IHOP employees revealed that syrup pitchers were not rinsed, washed or sanitized before refilling, and some of the 25 people sickened in outbreak were IHOP employees in charge of refilling syrup containers.
The warm water bath in which the syrup pitchers soaked was an ideal growing environment for the Salmonella bacteria. The Salmonella in the water contaminated the outside of every syrup pitcher that soaked in the water. Employees and diners then touched the Salmonella on the outside of the syrup pitchers, and people became ill, some severely.
Our law firm, Pritzker | Ruohonen & Associates, P.A., is representing some of the victims of this Salmonella outbreak linked to the Amarillo IHOP. To contact our law firm, please call 1-888-377-8900 (toll-free), email attorney Rich Ruohonen or submit our online form for a free consultation.
News Source: KFDA-News Channel 10