I haven’t had much notable foodborne illness in my life. I’m good for some noro every couple of years and am usually on the mend within a day or so of explosive vomiting. In 2009 I got campy and the symptoms were bad. Every poop I had was like blowing water out of my colon. And I was doing that 8-10 times a day.
According to KCRA at least 30 patrons of Alejandro’s Taqueria in Fairfield, CA are experiencing what I did.
“We got an increased number of reports of campylobacter,” Solano County Deputy Health Officer Dr. Michael Stacey said.
It’s a complex word for a very serious bacteria that causes gastrointestinal infections. It can be found on food that hasn’t been properly cooked.
In Fairfield, 32 people have come down with campylobacteriosis.
“It appears, it was linked to eating at Alejandro’s,” Stacey said. “We’re not sure what food item could have been contaminated.”
Most of the people infected ate there between May 26 and 28, but the restaurant wasn’t shut down until June 8. The county said there may be more cases.
The county is investigating samples of cooked food it collected from Alejandro’s Taqueria on June 8.
When KCRA stopped by, employees were inside working but refused to come to the door.