Dozens of NAFCO Wholesale Fish Distribution Facility workers got sick with food poisoning outside the plant in Jessup, Maryland An employee’s noodle dish for a company potluck picnic left 46 people sick to their stomachs at once. Dozens of co-workers lay on grass or sat on benches, ill, outside of the NAFCO Wholesale Fish Distribution Facility in Jessup, Maryland, helicopter footage from WBAL-TV showed.
To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Up Next At the time, the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene said it would take some time to determine the cause of the illness outbreak. ‘If we can get samples of the food itself and test it in our laboratory, and then we will also look at specimens from individuals who have sought medical care to identify the causal agent or agents,’ explained Dr Clifford Mitchell.