Last Friday, after three trains collided near Valparaiso, Indiana USA, the Red Cross provided meals for rescue workers at the scene of the crash, and some of that food was catered by the local Jimmy John’s outlet. On Sunday, the Porter County Health Department received reports that about 20 of the workers had fallen ill.
By Monday, people who had not been at the crash site began to report similar symptoms. All those victims had recently eaten at the same Jimmy John’s, prompting the Health Department to declare the restaurant the possible source of an outbreak of foodborne illness caused by Norovirus.
And while food served by Jimmy John’s appears to be the likely source of the illnesses, “the Indiana State Health Department of Health is looking at all food items served [at the scene of the train crash],” and is not entirely ruling out other food sources yet.
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