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Three people have died and three others have been hospitalized after drinking milkshakes contaminated with Listeria bacteria from a restaurant in Tacoma, Washington, health officials say.

Three people have died and three others have been hospitalized after drinking milkshakes contaminated with Listeria bacteria from a restaurant in Tacoma, Washington, health officials say.

Investigators found the outbreak was linked to ice cream machines that were not cleaned properly at a Frugals restaurant in Tacoma, according to a release from the Washington State Department of Health. Listeria can affect people up to 70 days after consumption and the machines were used through August 7, the release said.

  • AttackBunny@lemmy.worldEnglish
    111·
    11 months ago

    Investigators found the outbreak was linked to ice cream machines that were not cleaned properly at a Frugals restaurant in Tacoma, according to a release from the Washington State Department of Health. Listeria can affect people up to 70 days after consumption and the machines were used through August 7, the release said.

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      • AttackBunny@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        11 months ago

        I’d say it’s anything that requires regular deep cleaning of small pieces by low wage employees. Soda machines are terrifyingly disgusting usually too. Thankfully they don’t have dairy/perishable things going through them.

  • HubertManne@kbin.social
    5·
    11 months ago

    Something about a restaurant being called frugals that would worry me that something like this would happen.