Old South restaurant owners issued a public apology Monday through a local pastor for the largest salmonella outbreak in South Carolina history.
Roughly 200 supporters, including local dignitaries and other Camden restaurant owners, showed up outside the DeKalb Street restaurant to show support for the Hatfield family and Friday’s reopening of Old South.
"The recent
Almost three weeks after health officials say their undercooked turkey was the cause of a salmonella outbreak in Kershaw County, owners of the Old South restaurant are making a statement.
Authorities say the outbreak sickened 304 people and killed one.
DHEC officials say laboratory analyses of turkey samples has identified salmonella enteritidis as the probable
Coconino County is catching up on restaurant inspections after more than a decade of inspecting less frequently than required in Arizona due to staffing shortages. The Coconino County Health Department has performed only 50 percent to 60 percent of the number of inspections it should have done per year in the past three years, county
Undercooked turkey at a Camden restaurant is most likely the cause of one of the worst food-borne salmonella outbreaks in South Carolina in recent years, the state health department said Friday.
More than 300 people were sickened and one 58-year-old man died after eating at the Old South Restaurant in Camden about two weeks ago.
Flat Creek resident Lou Couch and at least three other people from Lancaster County were among the more than 270 people who contracted salmonella poisoning in the outbreak that began in Camden last week. Couch was hospitalized when she came down with salmonella poisoning after eating at the Old South Buffet in Camden.
Ginger Worth
Laboratory analyses of turkey samples has identified salmonella enteritidis as the probable cause of the foodborne outbreak in Camden, South Carolina. 20 specimens collected from ill patrons also have tested positive for salmonella enteritidis.
To date, there have been 304 confirmed and suspected cases, with 56 hospital admissions for people reportedly exposed between May 19
Bankrupt Coronet Foods is now facing a lawsuit by 92 people from several states. A judge has ruled the people who claim they got sick after eating tainted roma tomatoes could sue Sheetz, the store that sold them, and the company that supplied them, Wheeling based Coronet Foods.
Coronet laid off their entire workforce after
A Hurley woman has filed a lawsuit against Villa Maria Health and Rehabilitation Center, claiming that she contracted a salmonella infection from food served by the center last year.
Helen Kolson, a resident of Villa Vista at the time, alleges in the suit that she was asked by Villa officials to sample food that been
A Seattle lawyer said he no longer plans a lawsuit against the Sheetz convenience store chain over 80 people who said they were sickened by salmonella-tainted tomatoes.
But attorney Bill Marler, who specializes in food-poisoning cases, is still planning to sue Coronet Foods. The bankrupt Wheeling, West Virginia company supplied tomatoes to Sheetz. A
Health officials expect to announce the source of the largest salmonella outbreak in recent S.C. history by the end of the week. Lab workers should determine which food was contaminated with the bacteria in the next few days.
"They have gotten some information back, but its not enough to be conclusive," said Missy Reese, spokeswoman