--- title: Madre’s Oaxacan Restaurant linked to Salmonella Outbreak - 44 Sick date: 2024-09-24T18:26:00-07:00 author: Bill Marler canonical_url: "https://marlerclark.com/madres-oaxacan-restaurant-linked-to-salmonella-outbreak" section: Litigation Landing Pages --- [Foodborne Illnesses](/foodborne-illnesses) / [Salmonella](https://marlerclark.com/foodborne-illnesses/salmonella) / # Madre’s Oaxacan Restaurant linked to Salmonella Outbreak - 44 Sick **Marler Clark represents a dozen individuals in this outbreak.** According to news reports, more than 44 cases of Salmonella have now been confirmed in connection to consuming food from Madre’s Oaxacan Restaurant, with the Los Angeles County Health Department finding the restaurant violated several health standards. On Wednesday, The Department of Public Health, Environmental Health Division confirmed that 44 salmonella cases have now been linked to individuals who consumed food from Madre Oaxacan Restaurant on McBean Parkway on Friday, the 13th of September. “The restaurant was closed due to imminent health hazard for disease transmission,” officials said in an email to KHTS. An inspection report from the Department of Public Health stated that they found several health violations, including: - **Demonstration of knowledge – minor violation** Dishwasher was unaware of proper sanitizing procedures when conducting manual ware washing. - **Adequate handwashing facilities: supplied and accessible – minor violation** Non-functional paper towel dispenser in the main kitchen area. - **Food in good condition, safe and unadulterated – major violation** Operator discontinued use of the ice machine voluntarily with mold build up on the interior top portion and ice chute in contact with the ice. - **Food contact surface; clean and sanitized – major violation** Approximately five cutting boards stored “clean” with deep scratches and food debris/mold buildup in the deep scratches /etches of the cutting board surfaces in the food prep area. Large stainless-steel pots stored on the bottom shelf of the food prep tables and labeled as “clean” with deep scratches and old food stains/buildup on the interior surface. Four plastic containers stored as “clean” with old food debris /buildup stored on the top shelf of the rear food prep station. - **Consumer advisory provided for raw/undercooked food – minor violation** Happy hour menu missing both the disclosure and the reminder statement. The regular menu is missing the reminder statement that identifies the raw or undercooked animal-derived foods by an asterisk that denotes a footnote. The symptoms of salmonella are mild in most people but can be severe in infants, younger children, the elderly, and persons with health problems, according to Health Department officials. Salmonella symptoms include diarrhea, body aches, fever, abdominal pain, nausea and headache. To prevent the spread of salmonella by doing the following: According to the LA Times, 44 cases of Salmonella linked to a popular Oaxacan restaurant in the Santa Clarita Valley in mid-September resulted in its temporary closure Madre Oaxacan Restaurant in the Valencia area. It comes after the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health shut down the restaurant on September 18 following a Salmonella outbreak that sickened 44 people. The county inspected the restaurant and slapped it with a “C” grade for multiple health code violations. County officials shut down the restaurant, per procedure when an establishment is linked to an imminent health hazard for disease transmission. Public health officials said this week they continue to investigate the outbreak. The same day as the closure, county officials inspected the restaurant and gave it a “C” grade for some minor and critical violations (restaurants in L.A. County can remain open with a “C” grade). The most serious included food debris and mold buildup in the deep scratches and etches of a cutting board surface in the food prep area and the dishwasher being unaware of proper sanitizing procedures when manually washing wares, according to the inspection report. Nine of 52 employees — including three cooks, a prep cook and a dishwasher — tested positive. Most were asymptomatic. A worker who buses tables and tested positive fell ill on Sept. 17 but didn’t tell anyone at work he wasn’t feeling well. A bartender who tested positive called in sick on the day of the restaurant closure. **Salmonella:** [Marler Clark, The Food Safety Law Firm](http://www.marlerclark.com/), is the nation’s leading law firm representing victims of [Salmonella](http://www.about-salmonella.com/) outbreaks. 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