“Y’all done started an outbreak”; Proper Restaurant salmonellosis cases rise

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According to WCNC Charlotte  up to 37 patrons of Proper Restaurant in Boone, NC are now linked to an outbreak of Salmonella.

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Three days after health officials in Watauga County confirmed a salmonella outbreak at a restaurant in Boone, authorities are saying they have seven confirmed cases of Salmonellosis and another 30 who are showing symptoms of the illness. None of those individuals have been hospitalized, authorities say.

The Appalachian District Health Department says the illness originated at Proper Restaurant on South Water Street.

Health Director Beth Lovette says the department is still looking into the source and the restaurant is cooperating.Screen Shot 2014-06-09 at 6.29.45 PM

Proper Restaurant’s Facebook page doesn’t make mention of the illnesses or outbreak investigation other than a single comment from June 6: “Y’all done started an outbreak.”

Pretty much.

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Dr. Ben Chapman is a professor and food safety extension specialist at North Carolina State University. As a teenager, a Saturday afternoon viewing of the classic cable movie, Outbreak, sparked his interest in pathogens and public health. With the goal of less foodborne illness, his group designs, implements, and evaluates food safety strategies, messages, and media from farm-to-fork. Through reality-based research, Chapman investigates behaviors and creates interventions aimed at amateur and professional food handlers, managers, and organizational decision-makers; the gate keepers of safe food. Ben co-hosts a biweekly podcast called Food Safety Talk and tries to further engage folks online through Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and, maybe not surprisingly, Pinterest. Follow on Twitter @benjaminchapman.