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Foodborne illness outbreaks

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.


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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