Wednesday, December 13, 2006

Don't drink the water & don't eat the taco's


State's E. coli case total jumps from 3 to 14

Taco John's restaurants in Albert Lea and Austin are implicated, and produce is believed to be the source of the infections.

The number of people reportedly sickened in an E. coli outbreak in Minnesota grew from three to 14 Tuesday, and a second Taco John's fast-food restaurant was implicated in the cases.
A Taco John's in Albert Lea was linked to E. coli cases initially, but now half the 14 people reporting E. coli symptoms ate at the chain's Austin location, according to the state Department of Health.

Produce is the suspected culprit, Taco John's officials said Tuesday. Starting today the company, based in Cheyenne, Wyo., will have a new produce distributor, replacing a company that served 100 of the chain's 400 restaurants.

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