An ingredient in potato salad is the likely cause of an E.coli outbreak that sickened 60 people on the Fond du Lac reservation in MN, according to a report in the Pine Journal. The 60 case patients attended three different events between July 11-16 that were all catered by the same source.
Public health investigators and tribal officials are not revealing the name of the caterer. A state health department spokesman told the paper that a review of the caterers operations found no cause for concern and that there were no signs of any cross contamination.
Potato salad was served at two of the three events. Testing on the ingredients has not turned up any positives for E. coli, but that could be because all of the contaminated ingredients had been consumes aleady.
The Minnesota Department of Health has said that the outbreak is likely over. The last case was reported on July 20. All of those who were sickened are said to be recovering.
