Applebee’s food poisoning outbreak and lawsuit information.
Bogopa spinach products and other brands are being recalled for possible Listeria monocytogenes contamination. No illnesses have been reported to the company to date in connection with the consumption of these products. The recalling firm is Solata Foods of Newburgh, New York. The recalled products were sold locally in retail stores. The spinach is sold … Read more
Which restaurant chains like Applebee’s have had outbreaks? More than you’d think, including Wendy’s, McDonald’s, and Jimmy John’s. Just because a restaurant is famous or popular doesn’t mean they don’t serve contaminated food. Every year there are hundreds of outbreaks associated with restaurants, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). During the … Read more
Expired Fresh Express Caesar Salad Kits are being recalled for possible E. coli O26 contamination. The recall is for product that is eight days past its use by date. Some of this product may still be in consumers’ homes, although that is unlikely. This salad kit was sold mostly in western and southwestern U.S. states. … Read more
An Applebee’s Hepatitis A exposure at the restaurant in Mount Illinois may have exposed customers to the virus, according to a Facebook post by the Jefferson County Health Department. The employee worked while infectious from July 9 through July 19, 2020. Applebee’s has cleaned and sanitized the restaurant and has been working with public health … Read more
The Minnesota Department of Health investigated an E. coli O111 outbreak in 2014 that led to a lawsuit against Apple Minnesota, LLC d/b/a Applebee’s Neighborhood Grill and Bar. State epidemiologists traced the mid-summer outbreak to food served at Applebee’s restaurants, then narrowed their focus to whole head green cabbage, an ingredient in Oriental Chicken Salad. From … Read more
The E. coli lawsuit filed against Apple Minnesota, LLC d/b/a Applebee’s Neighborhood Grill and Bar has been assigned to U.S. District Court Judge Paul A. Magnuson in the Twin Cities. The suit, filed on behalf of Applebee’s patron Keith Comstock, was the first legal action taken by victims of this summer’s outbreak of E. coli … Read more
Green, whole head cabbage was the likely source of an E. coli O111 outbreak that sickened at least 15 people who ate at the Yard House or one of several Applebee’s restaurants in MN, the Minnesota Department of Health said today. Four people were hospitalized and have recovered. Thirteen patients ate at Applebee’s restaurants in Minnesota in … Read more
Minnesota epidemiologists have solved a pair of unrelated E. coli outbreaks in the span of a month, first linking Applebees restaurants in the state to infections of E. coli O111 and then proving that a traveling petting zoo put seven people in the hospital. The agency responsible for the disease sleuthing is the Minnesota Department … Read more
The Minnesota Department of Health is investigating two unrelated toxic E. coli outbreaks at the same time — one on the Fond du Lac Reservation involving type O157:H7 and the other involving E. coli O111 at Applebees restaurants. In both outbreaks, officials are trying to pinpoint the source of contamination even while victims in the … Read more
Ten days after the Minnesota Department of Health created a health bulletin about an E. coli O111 outbreak associated with Applebees, there have been no new public pronouncements about the precise cause of the food poisoning episode or whether it spread beyond the state’s borders. To date, here is what Food Poisoning Bulletin has learned … Read more