Abstract:
Community and Public Health (CftPH) were involved in two food borne outbreak investigations involving the same Mexican Restaurant during August 2008. The first outbreak was reported to CEtPH on Thursday 14 August by a member of a group who dined at the restaurant as part of a birthday function. A questionnaire was drafted including the restaurant's menu and administered to the attendees of the birthday dinner in addition to two other groups that had dined there the same evening. An early indication of the source of the outbreak was those affected by gastroenteritis had eaten the side dishes; rice, beans and salad. ....