MINNESOTA: Tomatoes get blamed for Quizno’s Salmonella outbreak - (The Packer)
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An investigation by the Minnesota State and Olmstead County departments of health was cited as concluding that tomatoes were the cause of a Salmonella outbreak in a Rochester, Minn., Quiznos sandwich shop that sickened 19 customers and three employees in October.
Larry Edmonson, an epidemiologist for the Olmstead, Minn., County Department of Health was cited as saying his department did not find any evidence of cross-contamination, adding, “Their (Quiznos employees’) procedures were very good. Both ill and not ill patrons were interviewed and the only thing that was statistically significant was the tomatoes.”
Edmonson says he was unable to test any tomatoes because the outbreak occurred in early October, and reports were not received until Oct. 16.
Quiznos buys whole tomatoes and slices them in-house, Edmonson says.
Edmonson and Jaime Rupert, spokeswoman for Denver-based Quiznos, declined to name the supplier..
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