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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09-21-23 | 09-21-23 | CrackleMi Café | Salmonella |
| 09-19-23 | 09-19-23 | Tacos El Guero | Bacillus cereus or Clostridium perfringens |
| 08-02-23 | 08-02-23 | Washington Care Center | Salmonella |
| 07-10-23 | 07-10-23 | Unknown source | Salmonella Berta |
| 05-03-23 | 06-06-23 | DSquared Hospitality at T-Mobile Market Hall | Norovirus |
| 12-21-22 | 04-17-23 | Pioneer Square D&E | Norovirus |
| 03-03-23 | 04-05-23 | Taste ToGo Banh Mi | Norovirus |
| 01-26-23 | 04-05-23 | Tamarind Tree | Shigella |
Raw oyster-related investigations
Date posted |
Last updated |
Food business |
Suspected organism |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11-08-22 | 05-24-23 | Unknown source | E. coli O157:H7 |
| 08-22-22 | 12-07-22 | Unknown source | E. coli O157:H7 |
| 10-21-22 | 11-14-22 | Chili's South Indian Cuisine | Salmonella |
| 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.
- U.S. - Multistate outbreak of Salmonella Infantis – 1 King County resident reported illness. Read more about the outbreak investigation from the U.S. Food & Drug Administration: Outbreak Investigation of Salmonella: Flour (April 2023) | FDA and U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Salmonella Outbreak Linked to Flour | CDC (June 2023).
- U.S. - Multistate outbreak of Salmonella Enteritidis – 1 King County resident reported illness. Read more about the outbreak investigation from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Salmonella Outbreak Linked to Raw Cookie Dough, and Washington State Dept. of Health: 2023 Salmonella Outbreak Likely Linked to Eating Raw Cookie Dough, (May 2023).
- Washington State - Hepatitis A outbreak – 3 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 Washington State Dept. of Health: 2023 Hepatitis A Outbreak Suspected of Being Transmitted Through Food (Foodborne) (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).
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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