Dec 15 2006
Hundreds Sick From Eating at Olive Garden
Just when you thought it was safe to go back into restaurants, a new report is out about diners at an Indiana Olive Garden:
More than 300 people say they became ill, and at least three have been hospitalized, after eating at an Olive Garden restaurant last weekend, health officials said Friday.
The restaurant has been closed while health officials and the company investigate what caused customers to complain of nausea, vomiting, fever and diarrhea, a company spokesman said.
Just yesterday, the Taco Bell E. coli outbreak was said to be over. Could the Olive Garden problem be related to E. coli?
Health officials have found no link to the E. coli outbreak that sickened dozens of people who ate at Taco Bell restaurants in the Northeast recently, Althardt said.
The reports have been isolated to the one restaurant, appearing to indicate the problem is not linked to any products used in the food, Coe said. Food suppliers typically supply the same products to many restaurants.
If it’s not the food, maybe the employees may have a hand in the problem:
Six restaurant workers reported on Monday that they felt ill, said Marion County Health Department spokesman John Althardt.
With this outbreak, that makes three food chains being hit in the past two weeks. I guess it may be time to dust-off a cookbook again…
