Personal Injury Law

Chicago Area?s Will County Among 22 Illinois Counties Where Subway Restaurants are Reporting Salmonella Outbreaks

The number of salmonella cases involving Subway restaurants in Illinois has reached 60. Fortunately, according to the Illinois Department of Public Health, everyone who got sick is recovering. The Subway restaurants where the salmonella cases were reported can be found in 22 Illinois counties, including Will County, Cass County, Christian County, Knox County, Macon County, Moultrie County, Peoria County, Schuyler County, Tazewell County, Warren County, Bureau County, DeWitt County, Champaign County, Fulton County, Champaign County, Coles County, LaSalle County, Marshall County, Ogle County, Sangamon County, Shelby County, Vermillion County, and Winnebago County, Illinois. Salmonella poisoning symptoms can include diarrhea, stomach pain, abdominal cramps, vomiting, nausea, and high fever.

The Salmonella cases reportedly broke out between May 11 and May 25. The youngest person to be afflicted was age 2, while the eldest was 88. 17 of those who fell ill had to be hospitalized. The specific food that caused the outbreak has yet to be identified.

Kitchens that don?t meet health standards, contaminated or rotten foods, and lack of procedures mandating that kitchen workers only handle food when their hands are clean are some of the reasons why food served at a restaurant might make people ill. While a little upset stomach, which has been known to occur in some instances when restaurant patrons have been fed spoiled foods, might seem harmless enough, no one wants to to eat food that will give him or her indigestion, diahrrea, and stomach pains that may require medical attention and days off from work to recover.

In March, our Chicago Injury Attorney Blog reported on at least 21 Shigella poisoning cases linked to Subway in Lombard, Illinois. At least two DuPage County injury lawsuits related to the food poisoning were filed.

60 salmonella cases now linked to Subway restaurants, Sun-Times, June 8, 2010

The Dangers Of Salmonella Poisoning ? And What To Do About It, VitaminsDiary, March 18, 2009

DuPage County Injury Lawsuits Accuses Lombard Subway Restaurant for Serving Bacteria-Tainted Food, Chicago Injury Attorney Blog, March 29, 2010

Related Web Resources:
Division of Foodborne, Bacterial and Mycotic Diseases, CDC

Full post as published by Chicago Injury Attorney Blog on June 08, 2010 (boomark / email).