Illinois Salmonella Updates to Resume
Public health updates are scheduled to resume today from Illinois regarding the 2-month-old Salmonella outbreak in which many case patients reported eating alfalfa sprouts at Jimmy John's restaurants in 14 Illinois counties - Adams, Bureau, Champaign, Cook, DuPage, Grundy, Kankakee, Lake, Macon, McHenry, McLean, Peoria, Will and Winnebago.
The same strain of Salmonella is present in 15 other states and the District of Columbia as tracked by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Investigators last week pegged the number of confirmed outbreak cases at approximately 94, with more than half occurring in Illinois.
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CDC said preliminary results of the investigation indicate a link to eating Tiny Greens brand Alfalfa Sprouts and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a press release advising consumers not to eat Alfalfa Sprouts and Spicy Sprouts (which contain alfalfa sprouts mixed with radish and clover sprouts) from Tiny Greens Organic Farm of Urbana, Illinois. The recalled sprouts were distributed to Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, and Missouri, and may also have been distributed to other Midwestern states.Since Nov. 1, 2010, the Illinois Department of Public Health has received confirmed reports of 57 Illinois residents and one Wisconsin resident with Salmonella serotype I 4,5, 12,i- who ate at a Jimmy John's. The department said late last week that information on the outbreak would be updated weekdays at 11 a.m. The other leading states in the outbreak are Missouri (17 cases), Indiana (9) and Wisconsin (3).
More than 20 percent of victims in this Salmonella sprouts outbreak tied in part to Jimmy John's have been hospitalized, including an Illinois woman represented by food safety law firm PritzkerOlsen, P.A. To talk to a Salmonella attorney at Pritzker Olsen about a Jimmy John's Salmonella lawsuit call 1-888-377-8900 (Toll Free) or complete our contact form for a free case consultation.
