Milk & Honey now facing 4 lawsuits seeking over $6 million after salmonella outbreak

UPDATE: Three additional lawsuits were filed this week against Milk & Honey, bringing the total to four. There are over 20 known patrons that fell ill from the salmonella outbreak in August of 2018. In total, the four current suits seek over $6,000,000.00 in damages.

Milk & Honey sued over Salmonella outbreak caused from raw unpasteurized egg use

Newly filed court documents reveal Milk & Honey served salmonella-tainted ‘short rib gnocchi’ to patrons during August of 2018, causing over 20 patrons to fall ill with salmonella poisoning, and the Metro Health Department to deem it an outbreak. Between August 3rd and August 15th of 2018, more than 20 patrons of Milk & Honey, a restaurant on 11th Ave S in the Gulch, were diagnosed with salmonella poisoning, according to the Metro Health Department, who formally deemed the incident an ‘outbreak’. Environmental, epidemiological, and lab testing linked the outbreak to the raw…