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Update Regarding Country Cottage E. coli Food Poisoning

By Pritzker | Ruohonen

The Oklahoma State Department of Health has issued an update regarding the E. coli outbreak that has been linked to the Country Cottage restaurant in Locust Grove, Oklahoma. According to the update:

The Oklahoma State Department of Health (OSDH) has narrowed the focus of its investigation into a severe diarrheal outbreak in northeastern Oklahoma to the Country Cottage restaurant in Locust Grove, OK. The OSDH is trying to determine how food served at the restaurant might have become contaminated. The restaurant continues to remain closed while the outbreak investigation continues.

Yesterday the OSDH confirmed that this is an Oklahoma E. coli outbreak. One man has died, four children have developed hemolytic uremic syndrome (three of them are on dialysis and fighting to recover), at least 50 people have been hospitalized and at least 23 others have been sickened but not hospitalized.

The OSDH is trying to determine how food served at the restaurant might have become contaminated.  Contact our law firm regarding restaurant liability: 1-888-377-8900 (toll-free) or email attorney Fred Pritzker, managing partner for our E. coli litigation practice.

Full post as published by Food Poisoning Law Blog on August 28, 2008 (boomark / email).