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IHOP Salmonella Outbreak Update

By Pritzker | Ruohonen

Our law firm is representing several victims of a Texas Salmonella outbreak linked to The International House of Pancakes (IHOP) on Western Street in Amarillo, Texas.

Health officials have linked 25 cases of Salmonella poisoning to a September IHOP Salmonella outbreak and more than 100 to a June IHOP Salmonella outbreak.

Health officials determined that the source of the IHOP Salmonella outbreaks was a warming bath used to keep the syrup warm. Health officials found the outbreak-strain of Salmonella in a culture taken from the warming bath. Interviews with IHOP employees revealed that syrup pitchers were not rinsed, washed or sanitized before refilling, and some of the 25 people sickened in September outbreak were IHOP employees in charge of refilling syrup containers.

The troubled IHOP has been closed since September 17, but it may be opening soon. Health officials are requiring the IHOP to complete environmental testing for Salmonella along with 14 other measures before reopening.

Full post as published by Food Poisoning Law Blog on October 16, 2008 (boomark / email).