An E. coli O26 Outbreak has been associated with multiple Homegrown restaurant locations in the Seattle area, according to the King County public health department. Four people have tested positive for infections of the same strain of Shiga toxin-producing E. coli O26 after eating a chicken pesto sandwich they purchased from one of three Homegrown restaurants in King County. Contact our law firm about an E. coli lawsuit.
Homegrown restaurants have stopped selling the sandwich while the investigation of the outbreak is underway.
All four people -three adults and one child, who are part of this outbreak ate the chicken pesto sandwich before developing symptoms of an E. coli infection include abdominal cramps and diarrhea which can be bloody. One person reported bloody diarrhea. E. coli symptoms usually develop within one to seven days of exposure and last about a week.
The four case-patients ate their meals between April 24 and April 26, 2018, from one of three Homegrown locations: Redmond, Kirkland or Seattle (Westlake Ave). They reported onset-of-illness dates ranging from April 24–May 6, 2018. Lab tests show that the genetic fingerprint of the E. coli is the same in all three of the case-patients testes and that it is a strain of E. coli that has been seen before in the U.S.
Health officials visited the three Homegrown restaurant locations on May 24 and found some potential risk factors including handwashing facilities violations at two of the locations and a cold holding temperature violation at one of them. All of these problems were discussed with managers as was the requirement that staff are not allowed to work while ill with vomiting or diarrhea. The restaurants were then required to complete a thorough cleaning and disinfection. Health officials are also investigating the sandwich ingredients to see which of them may have been contaminated with E. coli O26 and how that may have occurred.
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