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Vegetables Eyed in Salmonella Outbreak Linked to Taco Bell
"(Aug. 7) -- An attorney for a nationally known food safety law firm said Saturday that the salmonella outbreak linked to Taco Bells in 21 states is likely the result of vegetables being brought into the stores.
"Since the outbreak is so widespread, it's likely that the contamination was on the vegetables when they arrived at the stores and not something that happened while the food was being prepared," attorney Bill Marler of Marler Clark told AOL News.
Marler's firm has filed a suit on behalf of a 45-year-old Kentucky mother who said she became ill after eating at a Taco Bell.
He said his firm also was involved with two prior food poisoning outbreaks at Taco Bell. In 2000, there was a hepatitis outbreak in green onions at the chain, and in 2006 an E. coli outbreak sickened many patrons.
A Centers for Disease Control investigator acknowledged to AOL News Saturday morning that Marler's assumptions are "logical and that's what we're exploring."
"Most people infected with salmonella develop symptoms including diarrhea, fever, and abdominal cramps 12–72 hours after infection, which is usually diagnosed by stool sample analysis. The illness usually lasts four to seven days, although more serious illnesses can develop, especially in the young, elderly, and immune-compromised.
As this point, the salmonella-caused illness (155) have been reported in Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, North and South Carolina, New Hampshire, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Washington and Wisconsin."
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"(Aug. 7) -- An attorney for a nationally known food safety law firm said Saturday that the salmonella outbreak linked to Taco Bells in 21 states is likely the result of vegetables being brought into the stores.
"Since the outbreak is so widespread, it's likely that the contamination was on the vegetables when they arrived at the stores and not something that happened while the food was being prepared," attorney Bill Marler of Marler Clark told AOL News.
Marler's firm has filed a suit on behalf of a 45-year-old Kentucky mother who said she became ill after eating at a Taco Bell.
He said his firm also was involved with two prior food poisoning outbreaks at Taco Bell. In 2000, there was a hepatitis outbreak in green onions at the chain, and in 2006 an E. coli outbreak sickened many patrons.
A Centers for Disease Control investigator acknowledged to AOL News Saturday morning that Marler's assumptions are "logical and that's what we're exploring."
"Most people infected with salmonella develop symptoms including diarrhea, fever, and abdominal cramps 12–72 hours after infection, which is usually diagnosed by stool sample analysis. The illness usually lasts four to seven days, although more serious illnesses can develop, especially in the young, elderly, and immune-compromised.
As this point, the salmonella-caused illness (155) have been reported in Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, North and South Carolina, New Hampshire, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Washington and Wisconsin."
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