State health officials identified the dangerous foodborne bacteria salmonella in samples from an Eastern Shore cook-off that made dozens of attendees ill.
After the Chincoteague Volunteer Fire Company’s annual Chowder and Chili Cook-off on Sept. 30, reports started to trickle in about people becoming seriously ill. Enough people fell ill to prompt an investigation from the state Department of Health. Dozens sounded off on social media about gastrointestinal problems.
Around 2,000 people attended the cook-off, many from out of state. Several said on the fire company’s Facebook page that they were too ill to travel home after the event.
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Deathly ill would be an understatement. The amount of people that got sick went over 250. I would really like to know the source and why wasn't the health dept on site to make sure everything was being done properly?
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