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Restaurant Closes After Salmonella Sickens 20

By Pritzker | Ruohonen

As health officials in the area of Syracuse, N.Y., continue to investigate the source of  a Salmonella outbreak at a popular restaurant, the owners of the establishment have closed it until Friday for an intense cleaning, overhaul of food safety practices and testing of employees.

Plainville's Nature's Fare Restuarant, best known for serving Thanksgiving-style dinner throughout the year, closed Oct. 30 after the same strain of Salmonella bacteria was found to have sickened  20 different people who ate there from late August through Oct. 19, WTVH-TV in Syracuse reported.

Onondaga County Health Commissioner Dr. Cynthia Morrow told the station that it could be three weeks before testing can pinpoint the cause. But she believes the outbreak is likely associated with turkey. WTVH reported that a similar strain of Salmonella was recently discovered in a number of turkeys from Minnesota.

Onondaga County was hit earlier this year with another outbreak of  food poisoning that health officials have traced to Campylobacter bacteria and other bacteria in mahogany clams that were served raw and steamed at an local restaurant. More than 235 people reported getting sick after eating the clams, Morrow said..

Full post as published by Food Poisoning Law Blog on November 01, 2008 (boomark / email).