date:Nov 27, 2017
rican Legion Thanksgiving dinner in Contra Costa County, California. Twenty-five people were sickened in that outbreak. Three people who were sickened died. The other outbreak that sickened almost 300 people occurred at Golden Ponds restaurant in Greece, New York on Thanksgiving day. In both of those 2016 outbreaks, large quantities of food were prepared and reheated.
The symptoms of Clostridium perfringens food poisoning occur quickly, within 24 hours of exposure. Most people develop diarrhea