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# Subway Salmonella Outbreak Count Climbs to 71
- URL: https://www.foodconsumer.org/subway_salmonella_outbreak_count_climbs_to_71_1206100812/
- Published: 2010-06-12T09:11:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-22T16:11:27.000Z
- Description: Illinois health officials counted 71 confirmed Salmonella Hvittingfos cases linked to Subway restaurants across 22 counties, in people aged 2 to 88. Investigators have not yet identified a specific food source.
- Author: Food Consumer
- Tags: Alerts, Shopping, #vivvo-import

### BY [SUZANNE SCHRECK](http://www.foodsafetynews.com/contributors/suzanne/?ref=foodconsumer.org) | JUN 11, 2010

The Illinois Department of Public Health reported yesterday that the number of confirmed Salmonella Hvittingfos cases associated with Subway restaurants has climbed to 71\. 

Restaurant customers who have become ill with Salmonella infections range in age from 2 to 88 and reported eating at Subway restaurants located in 22 counties-- Bureau, Cass, Champaign, Christian, Coles, Dewitt, Fulton, Knox, La Salle, Macon, Marshall, Moultrie, Ogle, Peoria, Sangamon, Schuyler, Shelby, Tazewell, Vermilion, Warren, Winnebago, and Will.

A specific food source has not yet been identified in association with the Subway Salmonella outbreak, although the Illinois Department of Public health is working closely with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Subway restaurant chain and local health departments throughout the state to identify the source of illness.

Read more [here](http://www.foodsafetynews.com/2010/06/subway-salmonella-outbreak-sickens-71/?ref=foodconsumer.org).