Seventeen visitors to the Taste of Chicago food festival have become sick, and officials say that several of them are sick from salmonella poisoning.
All of the sick people ate from the same booth at the show, a booth that served grilled lamb and beef, pomegranate barbecued chicken, baklava, and cucumber salad over hummus. They're not sure how the outbreak occurred, since the festival (which showcases foods from 70 restaurants) was under the supervision of the Health Department. Though I think any festival that lasts 10 days and has that many people eating various foods from 70 different places isn't too easy to monitor.
Three of the 17 were hospitalized.
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7-12-2007 @ 2:01PM
CDK said...
It's called the Taste of Chicago, not the food fest.
I usually go but didn't this year... luck i guess but they got a wicked funnel cake over there.
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7-12-2007 @ 11:18PM
tzurriz said...
I went to Taste this year, and almost ate at that booth. We walked up, tickets in hand to purchase the hummus. I took one sniff, and changed my mind. I didn't think it smelled right. (Thank heaven for increased senses during pregnancy.) So, we went to a different booth instead.
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7-17-2007 @ 1:53PM
Alexander said...
I ate at that restaurant's booth the night before in Lincoln Park! Ha! Luckily, we didn't eat the hummus.
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