Taco Bell Salmonella Outbreak Involves Two Rare Types of Salmonella
A Taco Bell Salmonella outbreak involving two rare types of the bacterium has sickened 155 people in more than a smattering of states including Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and Wisconsin.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) didn't identify the restaurant chain by name, but Oregon's senior epidemiologist, William Keene, confirmed the chain as Taco Bell. Keene told the Oregonian newspaper that the outbreak didn't involve all Taco Bells and that there's no reason to stop eating at the chain.
Keene said investigators strongly suspect that contaminated lettuce and or tomatoes caused the outbreak, but no one could pin it down. Officially by the CDC's count, there were at least 75 cases of Salmonella Hartford and at least 80 cases of Salmonella Baildon. More than 50 people were hospitalized, but no one died.
Both Taco Bell Salmonella outbreaks peaked in June and no longer are considered active, but the discussion of liability has just begun.
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Both the Hartford and Baildon outbreaks sickened people in 15 states, but there was no common Taco Bell location for the two different types of Salmonella.
Leading states for Salmonella Hartford infections were Kentucky, Ohio and Indiana. Leading states for Salmonella Baildon infections were Wisconsin and Illinois.
