NBA Law Blog - Neblett Beard & Arsenault » shigella http://nbalawblog.com Legal News and Discussions powered by the Lawyers of NBALawFirm Fri, 18 Nov 2011 22:30:57 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 Applebee’s Shigella Outbreak http://nbalawblog.com/2009/03/26/applebee%e2%80%99s-shigella-outbreak/ http://nbalawblog.com/2009/03/26/applebee%e2%80%99s-shigella-outbreak/#comments Thu, 26 Mar 2009 14:39:59 +0000 Richard Arsenault http://nbalawblog.com/?p=1569 applebees-logoThis Shigella outbreak was first reported to New York’s Onondaga County Health Commissioner after 7 people became ill between March 7th and 8th.  Now, health officials believe that anyone that visited the restaurant between March 1st and March 20th may have been exposed to Shigella.  As many as 9,000 people could have been exposed to the food borne illness.

Shigella is a bacterial infection typically contracted after consuming water or foods that have been contaminated by fecal matter.  Here is more information about Shigella.

If you think that you may have been exposed to Shigella or any other type of food borne illness, you should talk to your doctor and the health department.

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