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12-15-2006, 02:24 PM
Over 250 sickened after eating at Olive Garden
Indianapolis health officials testing samples to determine source of illness
INDIANAPOLIS - More than 250 people have reported becoming sick after eating at an Olive Garden restaurant in Indianapolis, a county health official said Friday, a day after an outbreak of E.coli at Taco Bell restaurants was declared over.
The news makes Olive Garden at least the third U.S. restaurant chain this month to be linked to widespread customer illnesses.
Some customers who ate at the Olive Garden restaurant in northeast Indianapolis between Dec. 9 and Dec. 13 have reported nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, and in some cases fever, said John Althardt, a spokesman for the Marion County Health Department.
Three of those people have been hospitalized.
Tests of the sick peoples’ stool and leftovers they took home from the restaurant will be conducted later today or Monday, Althardt said. He added that the tests would take about 48 hours.
A spokesman for Olive Garden parent Darden Restaurants Inc. was not immediately available for comment.
Indianapolis health officials testing samples to determine source of illness
INDIANAPOLIS - More than 250 people have reported becoming sick after eating at an Olive Garden restaurant in Indianapolis, a county health official said Friday, a day after an outbreak of E.coli at Taco Bell restaurants was declared over.
The news makes Olive Garden at least the third U.S. restaurant chain this month to be linked to widespread customer illnesses.
Some customers who ate at the Olive Garden restaurant in northeast Indianapolis between Dec. 9 and Dec. 13 have reported nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, and in some cases fever, said John Althardt, a spokesman for the Marion County Health Department.
Three of those people have been hospitalized.
Tests of the sick peoples’ stool and leftovers they took home from the restaurant will be conducted later today or Monday, Althardt said. He added that the tests would take about 48 hours.
A spokesman for Olive Garden parent Darden Restaurants Inc. was not immediately available for comment.