Adventures in Washington 04/01/08

[KenP]

Originally Posted by DennisAJC

I was enjoying Jack In The Box in Bellingham cuz we don't have them in Canada,

I hope they've learned to cook:

The Jack in the Box E. coli outbreak was discovered by the Washington State Department of Health in early 1993. The outbreak was traced to E. coli-contaminated hamburgers that were being sold at Jack in the Box restaurants in several Western states.

Four children died, and over six hundred people became ill with confirmed E. coli infections before the outbreak was over.

Health officials determined that Jack in the Box had not properly cooked E. coli-contaminated hamburgers served in their restaurants to internal temperatures of 155 degrees, a temperature that will kill E. coli bacteria, and the temperature required by Washington State health regulations at the time of the outbreak.