Toston Man's Death Linked To Bozeman Restaurant
 | Author:
Nancy Marks, Reporter
Nancy Marks: MT43 News Secretary and News Editor |
Toston Man's Death Linked To Bozeman Restaurant
Nancy Marks, Reporter
Dave’s Sushi Restaurant in Bozeman Sickens AT LEAST 30 Customers
The Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services said last week at least 30 customers who ate at Dave’s Sushi Restaurant in Bozeman were sickened. Two people died of food poisoning including Bill Lewis, 74, of Toston and Donna Ventura, age 64, of Belgrade.
Mr. Lewis had eaten at the restaurant on April 17 and passed away the following day. Broadwater County Sheriff and Coroner Nick Rauser arranged for an autopsy which was performed on April 20.
The cause of death for the two persons has not been confirmed until toxicology reports are available. The sickened customers ate at the restaurant between March 31 and April 17. The establishment closed voluntarily on April 21, according to a May 4 Bozeman Chronicle article. Those customers became sick within 30 minutes and up to 4.5 hours after eating.
The cause of the outbreak has not been identified yet. Both state and federal health partners are working on testing food samples, according to a report released by the Gallatin City-County Health Department. Morel mushrooms raised in China and shipped to the United States through a California Distributor have likely been the basis for the food poison outbreak. The mushrooms were not distributed to any other Montana restaurant. They had been sent to other states. No illnesses or deaths have been reported in those areas.
Gallatin City-County Health officials have asked anyone who ate at the restaurant between late March and mid-April who experienced illness, to please call them at (406) 582-3100.
