Ill Restaurant Workers Responsible for 40 Percent of Foodborne Illness Outbreaks, According to CDC Study

A CDC study found that sick restaurant employees caused 47% of norovirus outbreaks and 41% of all outbreaks from 2017 to 2019.
Policies restricting sick employees from working and promoting handwashing could help curb outbreaks, but few establishments had comprehensive policies.
Only 16% of restaurants had policies requiring workers with symptoms like diarrhea, vomiting, jaundice or sore throat to stay home.
of managers said they provide paid sick leave, but fewer than half of restaurants with outbreaks offered it.
Norovirus and salmonella were the leading causes of 800 outbreaks across 875 restaurants in 25 states.