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:
Date posted |
Last updated |
Food business |
Suspected organism |
|---|---|---|---|
| 06-02-21 | 06-18-21 | 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 |
Raw oyster-related investigations
Date posted |
Last updated |
Food business |
Suspected organism |
|---|---|---|---|
| 08-13-20 | 08-13-20 | Saigon Vietnam Deli | Gastrointestinal illness |
| 04-21-20 | 08-14-20 | Señor Moose | Hepatitis A |
| 01-08-20 | 01-10-20 | Rider | Norovirus |
Raw oyster-related investigations
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Date posted |
Last updated |
Food business |
Suspected organism |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12-4-19 | 01-13-20 | Brave Horse Tavern | Norovirus |
| 11-26-19 | 01-16-20 | Evergreens restaurants (7 locations) | E. coli |
| 11-12-19 | 01-13-20 | All Water Seafood & Oyster Bar | Scrombroid |
| 11-08-19 | 01-13-20 | Sri Uma Thai Cuisine | Norovirus |
| 11-07-19 | 11-15-19 | Ixtapa Mexican Restaurant | Norovirus |
| 10-16-19 | 11-04-19 | Al Basha Restaurant | Salmonella |
| 09-20-19 | 10-02-19 | The Greek House | Norovirus |
| 07-12-19 | 07-12-19 | Private event | Salmonella |
| 04-08-19 | 09-30-19 | Dave & Buster's | Norovirus |
| 04-17-19 | 09-30-19 | Purple Café and Wine Bar, Cast Iron Studios, and Lot No. 3 in Bellevue |
Norovirus |
| 03-20-19 | 03-20-19 | Seafood City | Grimontia hollisae |
| 01-31-19 | 03-13-19 | La Fuente | Norovirus |
| 01-28-19 | 03-13-19 | Thai Woodinville | Bacterial toxin |
| 01-02-19 | 03-13-19 | Xi'an Noodles | 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.
- Outbreak
U.S. - Multistate outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 – 2 King County residents reported illness and 1 died. Read more from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: E. coli Outbreak with Unknown Food Source (March 2021). 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.