Illinois Subway Salmonella Outbreak
Illinois health officials say a Salmonella outbreak associated with Subway restaurants in 14 Illinois counties has caused 34 illnesses, of which 14 have been hospitalized.
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A state press release said the Subway Salmonella outbreak appears to have started in mid-May and victims range in age from six years to 88.
The specific type of Salmonella involved in this outbreak is a rare serotype called Hvittingfoss.
Pritzker Olsen law firm has filed a Subway food poisoning lawsuit in Illinois on behalf of a resident of DuPage County who battled a severe Shigella infection after eating at the Subway in Lombard, Illinois, in February. The firm also represents other victims of the Subway Shigella outbreak.
We are now accepting cases from the current Salmonella outbreak associated with Subway locations in 14 counties, including Sangamon, Schuyler, Christian, Bureau, LaSalle, Cass, Champaign, Peoria, Shelby, Warren, Macon, Ogle, Fulton and Tazewell.
To contact a Salmonella lawyer at our firm, call 1-888-377-8900 (Toll Free) or complete the contact form on the side of this Web page and we will quickly follow up.
At this point in the investigation, no cases have reported eating at Subway restaurants in either northeastern or southernmost portions of Illinois.
Although there has been no lab-confirmed link to a specific ingredient at Subway, the Illinois press release said Subway has voluntarily withdrawn all lettuce, green peppers, red onion and tomatoes from a suspected date range and replaced the product with fresh produce.The Illinois Department of Health is encouraging anyone experiencing gastrointestinal illness after eating at Subway restaurants in Illinois on or after May 10 to contact their health care provider or local health department.
