Outbreaks
Sheetz and Coronet Foods Salmonella Outbreak
In early July 2004, the Pennsylvania Department of Health (PDOH) notified the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that an apparent foodborne outbreak was occurring and that cases of Salmonella javiana might be reported in other states. Active case finding was expanded to include nearby states. Ohio, Maryland, and West Virginia all reported an increase in Salmonella javiana cases.On July 16, 2004 when the PDOH issued a Health Advisory, stating that an outbreak of Salmonella javiana with more than 70 reported cases had been associated with eating at Sheetz deli counters throughout the state. On July 30, 2004, the PDOH issued a new Health Update regarding the outbreak. Over 300 cases had been reported in Pennsylvania, and dozens more in adjoining states, and yet another related Health Update on August 6, 2004. By then, over 330 cases of Salmonella javiana had been recorded in Pennsylvania, and over 80 cases in neighboring states.
Ultimately, as many as 564 confirmed cases of salmonellosis associated with consumption of contaminated tomatoes were reported in five states: Pennsylvania, Maryland, Ohio, West Virginia, and Virginia. Seventy percent were associated with tomatoes in food prepared at Sheetz convenience stores, which received tomatoes from Coronet Foods of Wheeling, West Virginia. Five separate serotypes of Salmonella were eventually associated with the outbreak.
Outbreak Updates
- Salmonella outbreak probed
- Health officials concerned over salmonellosis cases
- Sheetz is source of salmonella outbreak
- Health Officials Trace Salmonella to Sheetz Produce
- Salmonella Strikes 16 Sheetz Stores
- More Pa. salmonella cases linked to chain
- Salmonella cases increase
- Salmonella victim: Sickened woman blames her tasty chicken wrap
- Salmonella Outbreak Prompts Action
- Coronet Foods Responds to Pennsylvania Department of Health Reports of Salmonella Cases
- Salmonella Infections Traced to Contaminated Tomatoes
- Salmonella Attorney: Numbers Should Rise
- For some, 'freak accident' won't take Sheetz off the menu
- Sheetz food in state is tested 1st batch has no salmonella
- Number of cases swells to 70; lawsuits pending
- Sheetz Brothers Work To Regain Customer Trust
- Sheetz officials sink their teeth into a public relations problem
- PA Ag Department Announces Positive Test in Salmonella Investigation
- Sheetz produce supplier sued by victim of Salmonella outbreak
- Test links tomatoes to salmonella cases
- Food Supplier Sued By Salmonella Victims
- Source of salmonella outbreak not yet found
- News update: Salmonella outbreak: Different strain puzzles officials
- Salmonella trail tough going for officials
- Salmonella cases rise to 130
- Salmonella investigation now focused on tomatoes
- Salmonella toll one of largest in recent years
- Salmonella outbreak sickens 4 in Stark
- Sheetz “doing responsible thing” says food safety attorney
- Ohio Salmonella Cases Examined
- Number of salmonella cases in Pa. rises to 210
- FDA Investigates Certain ROMA Tomatoes as Source of Foodborne Illness Outbreaks
- Salmonella cases reach 260 in state
- Study points to tomatoes as source of salmonella outbreak
- Second Salmonella lawsuit filed against Coronet Foods in Federal Court
- 2nd suit filed over outbreak
- Salmonella link to Southeast confirmed
- From hunger pangs to stomach pains
- Third strain of salmonella might be linked to outbreak
- 4 bacteria strains suspected in outbreak
- Tomatoes traced to Florida
- Salmonella outbreak probe not finished, FDA says
- Tomato supplier for Sheetz ceases operations, blames bad publicity
- Attorneys for Sheetz salmonella victims want to start mediation
