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• Restaurant Food Poisoning Outbreaks Often Start with Sick Employees: CDC Report

  May 31, 2023

  Stephanie Yanovich

  A new CDC report warns that restaurant employees are often linked to food poisoning outbreaks due to unclear restaurant policies on sick leave and how to respond to symptoms.

• U.S. Schools Hit By Thousands of Gastrointestinal Illness Outbreaks Over Last Decade, Study Finds

  October 28, 2022

  Martha Garcia

  Thousands of outbreaks of acute gastroenteritis have occurred in schools and childcare facilities in recent years, mostly caused by norovirus and shigella spread by person-to-person contact, according to a new study.

• Cruise Ship Norovirus Outbreaks Last Year Linked To Frozen Fruit: CDC

  April 30, 2020

  Martha Garcia

  A CDC report blames frozen berries from China for a spate of norovirus outbreaks on cruise ships in 2019 which sickened hundreds of passengers.

• Gastrointestinal Illness Outbreak at Yosemiite National Park Has Sickened 170 People

  January 21, 2020

  Russell Maas

  Yosemite National Park officials suspect norovirus may be the cause of a gastrointestinal illness outbreak in the first weeks of January which has sickened at least 170 people, but have yet to determine the source of the infections.

• Chipotle Norovirus Lawsuit Filed Over Second-Hand Exposure

  February 12, 2016

  Irvin Jackson

  A Chipotle food poisoning lawsuit has been filed by a man who says that he was hospitalized after contracting norovirus from a friend who ate there.

• Buffalo Wild Wings Food Poisoning Investigation Turns Up Health Code Violations

  February 4, 2016

  Russell Maas

  A Buffalo Wild Wings in Kansas was found to have numerous health code violations during an investigation into a food poisoning outbreak.

• Chipotle Investors Class Action Lawsuit Filed Over Food Poisoning Outbreaks

  January 11, 2016

  Irvin Jackson

  Chipotle faces an investor class action lawsuit over a series of food poisoning outbreaks which the lawsuit claims show that the company lied about its food safety standards.

• Chipotle Norovirus Food Poisoning Outbreak in Boston Sickens 141

  December 11, 2015

  Irvin Jackson

  A second food poisoning outbreak has been linked to the popular Chipotle Mexican Grill restaurant chain after 140 students from Boston College fell ill.

• Food Poisoning Sickens 10% of World’s Population Every Year: WHO

  December 4, 2015

  Martha Garcia

  The World Health Organization's first global food poisoning report has found that 10% of the world's population becomes sick every year, and children are at the highest risk of food poisoning death.

• Foodbourne Illness Outbreak Data Made Available Through New CDC Search Engine

  October 21, 2015

  Russell Maas

  The CDC has launched a revamped food poisoning search engine that provides data on foodborne illness outbreaks.