**Please Note: consumers need to be aware and ask if desserts have been prepared with raw eggs, especially for children, the elderly, pregnant women, and those immunocompromised.**

DURHAM -- A Durham County Health Department investigation has traced a salmonella outbreak at Bullock's Bar-B-Que Restaurant to a commercially prepared egg-white food product.

"Analysis of the data supports the assumption that the outbreak was probably not introduced through improper food handling practices by Bullock's staff or through faulty or contaminated equipment," county officials said in a news release Friday.

"The likely source of the bacteria was identified to be from a commercially manufactured egg white food product, used to make meringue, which was delivered to the establishment."
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The investigation focused on foods prepared in Bullock's restaurant between April 20 and April 24. Sixty-five patrons met the case definition of gastrointestinal illness after consuming food prepared there during that time.

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