Health Law

Tulsa's 2 Discovers Country Cottage Has Dirty Record

By Marler Clark LLP

Beth Burnett at KJRH-TV 2 in Tulsa appears to be digging into that area's E. coli outbreak, finding that the ill-fated Country Cottage restaurant has a long history of negative inspections by local health authorities.   The popular Locust Grove, OK restaurant racked up a staggering 88 health violations in the last four years.  

Burnett also reports:

• The state health department reports a restaurant suspected of causing an E-eoli outbreak, has officially been linked to the cause.
• Meanwhile, one man who died from the illness has been laid to rest.
• Most of the ill report eating at the Country Cottage restaurant in Locust Grove.
• Health department officials say they do not believe the contamination came from an outside food source.
• In fact, they say the mistake could have been as simple as placing two different kinds of food too close together.

As we understand it, the Country Cottage was a buffet style restaurant, so placing "two different kinds of food too close together' would have been standard practice.  For the rest of 2's story, go here.

Full post as published by e.Coli Blog on August 29, 2008 (boomark / email).