MINNESOTA: State releases final report on outbreak at Quiznos - (Post-Bulletin)
December 21, 2007 – 5:23 pmThe Minnesota Department of Health has released a final report on the October outbreak of Salmonella at a Rochester restaurant.
“This was an outbreak of S. Typhimurium infections associated with consumption of tomatoes at a Quiznos restaurant,” the report says. “The tomatoes were likely already contaminated when they entered the restaurant.”
Contaminated tomatoes delivered to the restaurant were allowed to ripen at room temperature.
“Any prior contamination could have amplified during this ripening period,” the health department report says. Cross contamination was ruled out because the restaurant doesn’t use any raw meats.
The report says that workers washed their hands appropriately, used gloves and stayed home whenever ill.
Twenty-three people got sick during the outbreak, including workers who “were likely victims of the outbreak rather than a source.”
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