Peppa’s Opens After Closed for E coli Outbreak
Peppa’s South King restaurant has reopened after being closed for an E. coli outbreak and a crash course in E. coli food safety and food handling by Sanitation Division of the Hawaii Department of Health.
Larry Lau, the Health Department’s deputy director for environmental health, told the Honolulu Star Bulletin that the restaurant staff was able to complete a 10-point mitigation plan. A state worker stayed at Peppa’s Korean BBQ restaurant until midnight Thursday to help train staff in E coli prevention and other food safety.
Peppa’s manager John Kim told the newspaper business was “totally dead” on Friday after being shut down all Thursday by health officials. The Peppa’s E. coli investigation was prompted by interviews with four of seven Honolulu E. coli O157:H7 outbreak victims who said they ate at the Pawaa restaurant last month.
Four of the seven were hospitalized and one remained in serious condition, possibly with HUS E. coli or thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP). These are life-threatening illnesses that also carry the risk of long-term damage to the central nervous system in addition to stroke, convulsions, brain injury and organ shutdown — especially kidney failure.
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E. coli Associated with Peppa’s Korean BBQ May Be Related to Food Handling Violations
Our law firm represents victims of E. coli outbreaks linked to restaurants. In restaurant liability cases restaurant inspection reports can be used as evidence of negligence.
The Honolulu, Hawaii E. coli outbreak associated with Peppa’s Korean BBQ may be related to food handling violations that closed the restaurant down yesterday. According to the Honolulu Advisor:
Health officials said the department confirmed that at least four of the seven actually ate at the Ke’eaumoku-area fast-food establishment between March 2 and March 23, when the bacterial infections occurred. . . .
“We don’t often get clusters of cases like this,” said Health Department spokeswoman Janice Okubo.
After it was confirmed that some of those sickened by E. coli 0157:H7 had eaten at Peppa’s, state Sanitation Branch inspectors were dispatched to the restaurant, where they observed food-handling violations, Okubo said.
Those violations, coupled with confirmation of the Peppa’s connection, caused inspectors to issue a “notice of permit suspension” and a cease-and-desist order against the restaurant at about 10 a.m. yesterday, Okubo said.
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Honolulu Peppa’s Korean BBQ Associated with E. coli Outbreak: Was it Meat?
Using epidemiological evidence, the Hawaii State Department of Health associated an E. coli outbreak with Honolulu Peppa’s Korean BBQ. At least 7 people were sickened. Four of the 7 were hospitalized and one is still in serious condition, most likely hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) and on hemodialysis.
According to the health department, the Honolulu-area E. coli victims were diagnosed from March 2 -23. The dates of diagnosis suggest that the source of the E. coli is meat that was purchased by the restaurant prior to March 2 and frozen for later use. Freezing temperatures do not kill E. coli bacteria. Our guess is that the cases of reported (emphasis here on reported) illness are low because the restaurant used inconsistent cooking processes that led to some meat not being cooked long enough or hot enough to kill the E. coli bacteria.
If our hypothesis is correct (and this is a hypothesis because the investigation is ongoing), several parties could be liable (legally responsible), including Peppa’s Korean BBQ, the supplier of the meat, the processor of the meat and the slaughterhouse.
When our law firm is hired to represent the victim of an E. coli outbreak, we immediately investigate and take all measures necessary to preserve evidence. To contact the E. coli lawyers at Pritzker Olsen, call 1-888-377-8900 (TOLL FREE), email Attorney Fred Pritzker or submit our online form for a free consulation.
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