An illness is considered an outbreak when: 2 or more people have the same symptoms after eating the same food an investigation is conducted by state and local regulatory authorities. outbreak is confirmed by lab analysis

An outbreak can occur with food. When the lab could tell what organism is in the food that could cause such an outbreak. Some food can in fact be contaminated. It could be on how the food was cooked. If the food was cooked properly.

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