Foodborne illness outbreaks
Investigation summaries
Select a tab below to display a list of King County investigations and current state and national outbreaks with reported King County cases:
Raw oyster-related investigations
Date posted |
Last updated |
Food business |
Suspected organism |
|---|---|---|---|
| 03-03-23 | 03-03-23 | Taste ToGo Banh Mi | Norovirus |
| 01-26-23 | 02-08-23 | Tamarind Tree | Shigella |
Raw oyster-related investigations
Date posted |
Last updated |
Food business |
Suspected organism |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12-21-22 | 12-22-22 | Pioneer Square D&E | Norovirus |
| 08-22-22 | 12-07-22 | Unknown source | E. coli O157:H7 |
| 10-21-22 | 11-14-22 | Chili's South Indian Cuisine | Salmonella |
| 11-08-22 | 11-08-22 | Unknown source | E. coli O157:H7 |
| 10-03-22 | 10-26-22 | Torero's Mexican Restaurant | E. coli O26 |
| 05-06-22 | 05-20-22 | IHOP | Norovirus |
| 04-19-22 | 05-19-22 | La Fuente | Norovirus |
| 04-08-22 | 05-19-22 | Il Terrazzo Carmine | Norovirus |
| 02-25-22 | 03-04-22 | The Rock Wood Fired Pizza | Norovirus |
| 02-08-22 | 03-03-22 | Chinese Taste Restaurant | Bacillus cereus or Clostridium perfringens |
| 08-13-20 | 03-03-22 | Saigon Vietnam Deli | Gastrointestinal illness |
Date posted |
Last updated |
Food business |
Suspected organism |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10-22-21 | 03-03-22 | Resonate Brewery & Pizzeria | Norovirus |
| 08-11-21 | 08-19-21 | Wildfin American Grill | Norovirus |
| 06-02-21 | 08-10-21 | Habit Burger Grill | Norovirus |
| 06-09-21 | 06-24-21 | Mazatlan Restaurant | Norovirus |
| 05-04-21 | 05-12-21 | Source unknown | E. coli |
| 05-03-21 | 06-03-21 | Pho Tai (Federal Way) | Bacterial toxin |
This lists state and national foodborne illness outbreaks and recalls with reported cases in King County. For more information about the outbreak or recall, and the investigation, please follow the links below for the agencies leading the investigations.
- Washington State - Hepatitis A outbreak – 2 King County residents reported illness. Read more about this outbreak investigation from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA): Investigations of Foodborne Illness Outbreaks | FDA and from the Washington State Department of Health: 2023 Hepatitis A Outbreak Suspected of Being Transmitted Through Food (Foodborne) | Washington State Department of Health (March 2023).
- U.S. - Multistate outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 – 1 King County resident reported illness. Read more about the outbreak investigation from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: E. coli Outbreak Linked to Ground Beef from HelloFresh meal kits and the food safety alert from U.S. Department of Agriculture: Alert For Specific Ground Beef In HelloFresh Meal Kits Due to Possible E. coli O157:H7 Contamination. (September 2022).
- U.S. - Multistate outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 – 1 King County resident reported illness and 1 died. Read more from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: E. coli Outbreak Linked to Packaged Salads and from Washington State Department of Health: 2022 E. coli Outbreak Linked to Packaged Salads (March 2022). This outbreak appears to be over.
See also: The CDC's webpage on Investigating Outbreaks describing the three types of data public health officials use to solve foodborne outbreaks.
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