Posted on 04/19/2007 11:05:00 AM PDT by SwinneySwitch
Stores in question are in Harlingen and Raymondville
An employee who worked at two Rio Grande Valley Whataburger restaurants may have exposed customers to hepatitis A at specific periods in March, according to state health officials.
The Texas Department of State Health Services issued a warning Tuesday to anyone who ate at the Harlingen restaurant at 1605 W. Harrison St. between March 1 and 12 and its Raymondville restaurant at 1007 E. Hidalgo Ave. between March 13 and March 31 to seek medical treatment for hepatitis A if experiencing symptoms. An employee working at both restaurants was diagnosed with the virus and could have spread the disease, said Emily Palmer, health services spokeswoman.
Symptoms include fever, fatigue, loss of appetite, nausea, vomiting and abdominal discomfort. The virus - an infection of the liver - is not spread by coughing, sneezing or usual contact. It's typically spread through close contact such as sharing drinks with someone who had the virus or bacteria from fecal-oral transmission, Palmer said.
Whataburger officials said Tuesday that it was an isolated incident. Palmer said no other cases have been confirmed, but symptoms could show up as late as 28 days.
Customers who visited either restaurant after March 31 are not in danger of contracting the disease.
"Severe complications are rare," Palmer said. "The best way to avoid spreading it or getting it is to wash your hands after the bathroom, avoiding sharing food or drinks and washing your hands after changing a diaper."
Whataburger officials Tuesday declined to say how many calls the company's customer care line had received related to the reported case of hepatitis A.
Contact Heather Ann White at 886-3794 or HYPERLINK mailto:whiteh@caller.com whiteh@caller.com
When I was in Air Force tech school at Sheppard AFB, my class would call them “What? A Burger??”
HepAburger?
Whatthehellburger?
Ping!
If you want on, or off this S. Texas/Mexico ping list, please FReepMail me.
I wondered what all those things swimming in the grease on the wrapper were.
WHATABURGER in Amarillo had a outbreak about 30 years ago. I was pregnant at the time and had gotten sick. It caused about 300 people to come fown with hepatitis. I never had hepatitis but got very sick. Never again ate at Whataburger.
USN, 1st Whataburger while at NAS Pensacola.
Jack in the Box has a better slang name... ;^)
Perhaps they'll hire Pamela Anderson as their new spokesperson.
“Jack in the Box has a better slang name... ;^)”
Ooooohhhhh. I had my one and only experience with Jack in the Box in Norfolk, circa 1978.
Just reading your post brought the horrible taste back!
My son feels the same way. We never eat there because he had one taste and didn’t like it. It isn’t my fav either, but if you are on the road and that’s the only sign you see for miles....well, we just keep moving.
So, the "Employees Must Wash Their Hands" sign wasn't in Spanish?
That's exactly what I was thinking!
I remember seeing a What, A Burger in P-cola in 2001...don’t ask me where, though...
lolz
Damn, I want a Whataburger. Why the hell can’t they get a franchise open up here?
So what y’all are trying to say is that you do not partake of Jack in the Box tacos.
Oh, the shame. Those may very possibly be God’s perfect food - in spite of consumers not being able to identify one product created by God in said tacos.
Sonic tacos are very similar - a little crunchy mass of melted cheese and some sort of brown meat substitute.... I love them!
“So what y’all are trying to say is that you do not partake of Jack in the Box tacos.
Oh, the shame. Those may very possibly be God’s perfect food - in spite of consumers not being able to identify one product created by God in said tacos.”
I don’t think they even made taco’s the last time I went into one.
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