A possible food poisoning outbreak in Mount Vernon in southern Illinois has sickened several people and hospitalized two people. A news report published in the Mount Vernon Register News. The Jefferson County Health Department is investigating.
Apparently people started getting sick on April 6, 2014, although the illnesses were not reported until April 9. Public health officials will not say where the people who were sickened ate. We don’t know if the outbreak started at a private event or a restaurant. There are 22 people who are part of the investigation, although some of them did not become ill.
One patient told the Register News that they ate at the Holiday Inn before becoming ill. Food served there was prepared by a local restaurant. By the time the illnesses were reported, food that may have caused the outbreak had been consumed or discarded. Laboratory test results are still pending. We’ll keep you updated as more news comes in.
