A group of 46 adults ended up at the hospital after eating a noodle dish prepared by an employee of a Maryland facility. Fortunately, officials said that their illness was non-critical. Here’s how it happened.
According to the Howard County Department of Fire and Rescue Services , firefighters and paramedics responded to a facility on the 7700 block of Chesapeake Bay Court in Jessup, Md., at around 3:45 p.m. Monday. WBAL reported that the location was the NAFCO Wholesale Seafood Distributors facility.
First responders headed to the area due to reports of multiple patients with food poisoning from eating the same food. Those patients were transported to multiple area hospitals where they were evaluated and mutual aid was provided by Anne Arundel and Baltimore Counties.
Food consumed by the patients did not come from NAFCO, said the Howard County Health Department. It said a preliminary investigation indicated that the “outside” food was prepared by an employee and shared with others at the facility. WBAL said patients became ill about an hour after having the food, which it described as a noodle dish.