date:Aug 09, 2012
This year marked a first for the event, however, when an outbreak of Salmonella sickened at least 50 attendees.
On the Monday after the picnic - held July 27th and 28th - an unusually high number of people began reporting symptoms of nausea, vomiting, headache and diarrhea to their doctors. Four people were hospitalized briefly after experiencing dehydration from loss of fluids. Stool samples confirmed that ill individuals had contracted Salmonella Enterica infections. All had eaten at the Iri