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Source of Amarillo, Texas IHOP Salmonella Outbreak Found: Pritzker Law Firm Representing Victims

By Pritzker | Ruohonen

Health officials have found the source of the Amarillo, Texas IHOP Salmonella outbreak, the warming bath that the restaurant used to keep the syrup warm. Health officials found the outbreak-strain of Salmonella in a culture taken from the warming bath. Interviews with IHOP employees revealed that syrup pitchers were not rinsed, washed or sanitized before refilling, and some of the 25 people sickened in outbreak were IHOP employees in charge of refilling syrup containers.

The warm water bath in which the syrup pitchers soaked was an ideal growing environment for the Salmonella bacteria. The Salmonella in the water contaminated the outside of every syrup pitcher that soaked in the water. Employees and diners then touched the Salmonella on the outside of the syrup pitchers, and people became ill, some severely.

Our law firm, Pritzker | Ruohonen & Associates, P.A., is representing some of the victims of this Salmonella outbreak linked to the Amarillo IHOP. To contact our law firm, please call 1-888-377-8900 (toll-free), email attorney Rich Ruohonen or submit our online form for a free consultation.

News Source: KFDA-News Channel 10

Full post as published by Food Poisoning Law Blog on October 07, 2008 (boomark / email).