Outbreak: Holiday Lunch Buffet | |
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Product: Sliced Turkey Meat | Investigation Start Date: 12/10/2014 |
Location: Maitland, Florida | Etiology: Staphylococcus aureus & Bacillus cereus |
Earliest known case onset date: 12/10/2014 | Latest case onset date: 12/11/2014 |
Confirmed/Presumptive Case Count: 6 / 135 | Positive Food Samples: 7 |
Hospitalizations: 8 | Deaths: 0 |
OUTBREAK SUMMARY:
An outbreak of gastrointestinal illness, which sickened 141 persons, was caused by sliced turkey contaminated with Staphylococcus aureus enterotoxins served during a catered holiday lunch buffet at a multi-business office complex in Maitland, Florida on December 10, 2014. The outbreak, initially reported to the Florida Department of Health in Orange … Continue Reading ››