From the McHenry County Health Department:
MCDH Salmonella outbreak investigation ongoing
McHENRY COUNTY — The McHenry County Department of Health (MCDH) wants to remind those who recently ate at El Sombrero in Fox River Grove, and are in sensitive occupations, to exclude themselves from work and seek medical evaluation if experiencing any symptoms of gastrointestinal illness.
El Sombrero has voluntarily closed and continues to cooperate with McHenry County health officials during the investigation.
To avoid spreading the illness, exclusion from work after symptoms develop is critical for people who are employed in sensitive occupations —
- food handlers,
- healthcare workers and
- daycare workers.
If you serve in a sensitive occupation and develop symptoms, please see your healthcare provider and request testing right away. If that is not an option, please contact the MCDH at (815) 334-4500 and ask to speak with someone in the communicable disease program.
Salmonella is a food-borne bacterium that cannot be detected by sight, taste or smell.
Once consumed it could result in symptoms of illness including nausea, vomiting, abdominal cramping, chills, fever or blood in the stool.
On September 3, the MCDH requested those who ate at the restaurant complete a survey to aid health officials in their investigation. MCDH appreciates the cooperation of county residents who completed the online illness investigation survey. The additional information provided was extremely valuable in moving the investigation forward. The survey is now closed.
Individuals with additional questions may contact MCDH at (815) 334-4510.
You’ll want to find out if it was unclean conditions of the restaurant itself (like dirty cutting boards) or whether it’s linked to specific ingredients that caused the outbreak. If it’s the latter, you have to notify the supplier and whoever is purchasing food from the supplier.
If it’s an ingredient issue my top guesses would be
cilantro
lettuce
chicken (and if it’s chicken, could it just be due to undercooking?)
There are often recalls on those foods due to salmonella and other food borne illnesses. Many such cases.
Yet the MCDH won’t do a damn thing about cat meat in certain ethnic eateries!
I like the place personally and sucks it happened.
Will impact their reputation.
On a related note if only the Covidians would demand all businesses shut down due to the pandemic this would not have happened.
We are experiencing the delta mutation with more to follow.
The vaccinated are at clear risk.
Why aren’t the Covidians doing more to protect us?
Don’t get me started on schools.
masks and vaccines are not enough.
We need total lockdown!!!
Please Covidians show some consistency.
Wylie, go have a stroke on your own time.
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Send me an email with the details, please.
Froggy, what planet are you from?