ADC food poisoning
investigation ongoing
Source of Article: http://www.gulflive.com/news/mississippipress/news.ssf?/base/news/1235646918102130.xml&coll=5 Thursday, February 26, 2009 By APRIL M. HAVENS State health officials said they have not yet determined the cause of a
salmonella outbreak earlier this month at the State Health Department spokeswoman Liz Sharlot
said Wednesday that the investigation into the cause may take up to four
weeks to complete. Aramark spokeswoman Sarah Jarvis said the food
service company is working with state health officials in the investigation. Aramark has been the food service provider for the jail
for at least 16 years, and the company purchases and prepares all food at the
jail, according to the county.
"There were 80 inmates who complained of flu-like symptoms, but there
were only four that the hospital determined had salmonella," Jarvis
said. She noted the illness could have come from something other than a food
item, such as improper hand washing or improper storage of food. "We are looking at everything," she said. Sharlot confirmed 80 inmates complained of
symptoms between Feb. 6 and 14 but couldn't say how many of those had salmonella. "I don't have any final numbers because there were no samples to test
for many of them," Sharlot said. "Their
illness had ran its course, and the disease has to
be active at the time. We took as many samples as we could." Jackson County Sheriff Mike Byrd said last week that five inmates were
treated and released from "They mainly suffered from diarrhea, abdominal cramps and throwing
up," he said. Sharlot said there have been no new cases
reported and there is no current threat.
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