Taco Bell has been linked to a
salmonella outbreak that infected 68 people in 10 states in October 2011.
According to
MSNBC, when the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention finished its three month probe of the
salmonella outbreak, they reported everything except the name of the location that the food was sold. They referred to the place only as “restaurant Chain A”, a Mexican-style fast food chain, which left many people angry.
Food and Safety News was the first to name Taco Bell as the restaurant, referring to a document from the Oklahoma State Department of Health's Acute Disease Service, according to
Reuters.
Illnesses were reported in Oklahoma, Kansas, Michigan, Iowa, Missouri, Ohio, New Mexico, Nebraska and Tennessee. The CDC reported that while 31 percent of the people sickened were hospitalized, no deaths were reported.
In the last six years, Taco Bell has been linked to two other salmonella outbreaks. Symptoms of
salmonella infections often include diarrhea, abdominal cramps and fever.
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