The restaurant was later identified as the King Garden restaurant. WCHD reported 11 culture-confirmed and two probable cases of E. coli O157:H7, and determined the outbreak had been caused by consumption of food at the King Garden restaurant, specifically Jell-O.
Health Department officials concluded that “the likely source of E. coli O157:H7 in the Jell-O was from raw meat juices dripping on the Jell-O while it was solidifying in the refrigerator.” An environmental inspection of the restaurant revealed many problems, including “raw meat stored above the Jell-O in the refrigerator.”