The restaurant involved in the outbreak is one of
35 restaurants located in an amusement park
situated close to Copenhagen and frequented by
both local visitors and tourists. Most guests at this
restaurant selected a buffet consisting of a variety
of meat, potato and pasta dishes, and a large
selection of raw vegetables. The RFA inspected
the restaurant on 31 July and took two samples
from the buffet for microbiological examination—
one from a bowl containing cold cooked
pasta, and one pooled from four bowls containing
chopped tomatoes, cucumber, green peppers and
iceberg lettuce, respectively. These samples were
chosen because the initial case reported eating
‘pasta salad’ from the buffet. Laboratory analysis
revealed S. Typhimurium in 25 g of material from
both samples. In addition, faecal coliform bacteria
were found at counts of 2300 CFU⁄ g in the pasta
and 360 CFU ⁄ g in the pooled raw vegetables