Salmonella strikes 22 at Ohio eatery

Posted: May 10th, 2010 - 7:53am by Doug Powell

I’ve never heard of Athens, Ohio, although it is apparently home to a heavy metal band I’ve never heard of, the aptly named Skeletonwitch (right, exactly as shown).

An unnamed but popular eatery that I have also never heard of in Athens, Ohio, was apparently home to a Salmonella outbreak last week that sicken at least 22 people.

WBNS-10TV cited Athens County health officials as saying the restaurant poses no threat to public health and that is has been inspected.

Health department spokesman Charles Hammer said the restaurant was immediately inspected, adding,

"Everything is currently in order. If we were to find a food service operation with an ongoing threat to the public health we would close that operation. this is not the case here."

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Categories: Salmonella
Tags: athens, Illness, Ohio, restaurant, salmonella, skeletonwitch

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Anonymous says:

Athens is the home of Ohio University!

Posted on May 10th, 2010 - 6:50pm

matt says:

Skeletonwitch is awesome. I'm glad they found their way on your blog.

Posted on May 19th, 2010 - 7:28pm

Cary says:

oddly enough, the first verse of Skeletonwitch's newest single is: Dreadful affliction, revolting infection Breathing repugnance and death Hear the cries, the putrid sounds The beauty of the plague upon your tongue Distorting every face, with foul disease The lord of the rotten marches on From waste there is no escape Embrace, accept the plague but i know they're all good ohio boys who wash their hands before supper.

Posted on June 29th, 2010 - 10:17am

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