Multiple cases of Salmonella have been confirmed in connection to consuming food from Madre’s Mexican Restaurant which has been shut down by the Los Angeles County Health Department.

On Thursday, The Department of Public Health, Environmental Health Division confirmed 10 salmonella cases have been linked to individuals who consumed food from Madre Mexican Restaurant on McBean Parkway on Friday the 13th of September.

“The restaurant was closed due imminent health hazard for disease transmission,” officials said in an email to KHTS.

Ivan Vasquez with Madre Mexican Restaurant told KHTS Thursday that three health inspectors found no contamination with the food at the restaurant.

However, officials with the Health Department would not comment on what they found during their investigation.

“Policy mandates that all employees have stool tests to rule out any internal contamination,” Vasquez said. “We are requiring our team to comply with this request, and while we anticipate the results will take up to 36 hours to process, please rest assured that we remain committed to upholding all health standards.”

The symptoms of salmonella are mild in most people, but can be serious in infants, younger children, elderly, and persons with health problems, according to Health Department officials.

Salmonella symptoms include: Diarrhea, body aches, fever, abdominal pain, nausea, headache.

To prevent the spread of salmonella by doing the following:

• Wash your hands after you use the bathroom or change a diaper.
• Wash all fruits and vegetables before eating them.
• Wrap fresh meats, poultry, and seafood in plastic bags at the market to prevent their liquids from dripping on other foods.
• Use a meat thermometer to check the inside temperature of meats to make sure they are fully cooked.
• Immediately wash cutting boards and counters used to prepare raw foods to avoid spreading the germs to other foods.
• Avoid eating raw eggs and foods that contain uncooked eggs (i.e. cookie dough, homemade ice cream, tiramisu, eggnog).
• If you have salmonella, don’t prepare food for others until your diarrhea has stopped.

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