Snohomish ecoli UPDATE

KIROTVPOSTED: 2:18 pm PDT October 21, 2008
UPDATED: 4:41 pm PDT October 21, 2008
SNOHOMISH COUNTY, Wash. -- A Lake Stevens restaurant is likely the source of an E. coli illness that sickened 13 Snohomish County residents, said Suzanne Pate of the Snohomish Health District.

Out of 17 total cases, interviews with 13 of them concluded that the Ixtapa restaurant at 303 91St. Ave. NE in Lake Stevens was probably the exposure site, Pate said.

One case has not yet been interviewed, and three other ill people did not eat at the restaurant, Pate said.

The restaurant owner voluntarily closed the restaurant at 12:30 p.m. Tuesday after investigators reported their findings. He said he would work with the Snohomish Health District to resolve potential food safety issues, Pate said. more