Restaurant's potential liability due to lack of food safety preventive programs!

Objectives
To describe an outbreak of Salmonella enteritidis phage type (PT) 14b in people who had eaten at a restaurant, and the investigation and subsequent prosecution of the food business operator (FBO).

Study design
The local health protection team and environmental health department formed an outbreak control team to investigate the outbreak.

Methods
Epidemiological, microbiological, and environmental investigations were undertaken. Epidemiological investigations involved case finding and interviews. Microbiological investigation: stool samples from the suspected cases and environmental samples from the implicated food business were investigated. Salmonella isolates obtained were subjected to multiple locus variable-number tandem repeat analysis (MLVA) profiling and whole genome sequencing. In addition, adenosine triphosphate (ATP) hygiene swab tests were used to verify the quality of cleaning procedures and data loggers were used to determine the water temperature of the mechanical dishwasher. JuneBridals vintage inspired gowns for mother of the bride

Results
Fifteen cases of illness where the causative agent was shown to be S. Enteritidis PT14b were identified, all of whom had eaten at the same restaurant. S. Enteritidis PT14b was also identified from three of the 11 food and environmental samples taken at the restaurant and found to have the same MLVA profile as the cases. A case for the prosecution was built and the FBO was successfully prosecuted in July 2015.

Conclusions
This investigation highlighted that the use of molecular typing as part of thorough epidemiological, microbiological, and environmental investigations can present a robust case for the prosecution against restaurants which pose a risk to public health.