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McDonalds Hep Outbreak Was Foreshadowed


The medical center that diagnosed a McDonald's employee with hepatitis A failed to make a timely report of the infectious disease to public health officials -- a "human error" that contributed to the Illinois McDonald's hepatitis outbreak in the Quad City border metropolis.

The admission came from Trinity Regional Health System Friday -- the same day Rock Island County Environmental Health Director Paul Guse disclosed that the health department had serious issues with the Milan McDonald's before the hepatitis A outbreak.

Guse said the Milan McDonald's received a letter from the health department in February that warned of a possible outbreak of foodborne illness if compliance wasn't forthcoming. Inspections of the restaurant in 2008 found deficiencies that prompted health officials to intensify the schedule of inspections in 2009. The local health department also rapped the Milan McDonald's for failing to respond to information demands in a timely fashion.

Based on an amalgamation of reports from the Quad-City Times and QCOnline the situation led to two employees of the Milan McDonald's working in food handling jobs while they were infected with hepatitis A. The result was an outbreak of at least 24 confirmed illnesses in Rock Island County and the surrounding counties of Scott, Mercer, Henry, Woodford, Whiteside and Warren. In addition, more than 5,000 individuals were vaccinated by the county at a makeshift clinic at a cost to taxpayers of $159,000 and growing.

The outbreak came to a head with the state of Illinois shutting down the McDonald's for three days from July 15-18. Rock Island County Sheriff's Department Lt. William Kauzlarich said an investigation into the lapses that led to the outbreak is expected to be done by next Friday. He didn't rule out criminal charges, but said it was not a criminal investigation.

If you or a loved one became ill with hepatitis A after eating at the Milan McDonald's in June or July, contact a hepatitis A lawyer at Pritzker Olsen Attorneys, a leading national food safety law firm that has a long history of representing victims of restaurant hepatitis outbreaks.

Over the years, Pritzker Olsen has collected tens of million of dollars for victims of food poisoning and has the experience and resources to defend claims against corporations as big as McDonald's. To contact our law firm, call 1-888-377-8900 (Toll Free) or complete a form online to receive a free case consultation. If we agree to take your case, we don't get paid unless you do.

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