Several large Shigella outbreaks have been traced to food contaminated by ill food handlers. Shigella outbreaks have also been caused by fresh produce, such as tomatoes, contaminated in fields or elsewhere in production or distribution before being sold to consumers.
Foodborne Illnesses / Shigella /
Outbreaks of Shigella Infection
Shigella outbreaks and recalls
February 26, 2020
Mariscos San Juan Restaurant Shigella Outbreak and Litigation - California (2015)
According to a Public Health Warning, on Saturday afternoon, October 17, 2015, the Santa Clara County Public Health Department was notified by a local hospital of 5 patients with fever...
February 11, 2020
Pearl Catering Shigella Outbreak Lawsuits - Oregon (2018)
On August 14, 2018 the Oregon Health Authority (OHA) and Yamhill County Health and Human Services received reports of multiple people with gastrointestinal illness days after attending a wedding and...
November 05, 2014
Salsarita Shigella Outbreak Lawsuit – Arkansas (2014)
Salsarita’s Restaurant in the Walmart Home Office Café in Bentonville has reopened following a Shigella outbreak that made 275 sick in nine states....
July 30, 2014
Shigella Lawsuit Filed against Salsarita's Restaurant in Wal-Mart
Attorneys Bill Marler and Drew Falkenstein of Marler Clark, the nation’s only law firm dedicated to representing victims of foodborne illness, have filed a lawsuit in the Circuit Court of...