{"id":665639,"date":"2026-05-26T07:51:16","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T07:51:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/665639\/"},"modified":"2026-05-26T07:51:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T07:51:16","slug":"state-health-officials-probe-e-coli-outbreak-linked-to-kebab-shop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/665639\/","title":{"rendered":"State health officials probe e-coli outbreak linked to Kebab Shop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SAN JOSE \u2014 State health authorities are investigating an E. coli outbreak linked to The Kebab Shop restaurant chain, which operates several dining establishments in the Bay Area.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdph.ca.gov\/Programs\/OPA\/Pages\/NR26-022.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">California Public Health Department has warned consumers to be aware of E. coli tied to seasoned ground beef kebabs<\/a> known as beef kofta that are served at these eateries.<\/p>\n<p>This E. coli strain can produce a Shiga toxin. Those who are infected can suffer symptoms that include diarrhea that is often bloody, vomiting and abdominal cramps, according to health authorities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Kebab Shop is fully cooperating with public health officials and voluntarily paused sales of grilled beef kofta at all locations on May 18,\u201d the state agency reported.<\/p>\n<p>As of May 19, 2026, nine California residents were infected with the outbreak strain in question. Illness onset dates range from March 27 through April 30, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>No deaths have been reported.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thekebabshop.com\/locations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Kebab Shop<\/a> has nine Bay Area locations, according to the chain\u2019s website.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 San Jose, 1078 East Brokaw Road.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 San Jose, 5110 Cherry Ave.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Fremont: 43834 Pacific Commons Blvd.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Fremont: 39350 Paseo Padre Parkway.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Pleasanton: 4247 Rosewood Drive.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Santa Clara: 3938 Rivermark Plaza.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Concord: 1110 Concord Ave.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 San Ramon: 3141 Crow Canyon Place.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Walnut Creek: 2359 Oak Grove Road.<\/p>\n<p>Most people recover within a week. Some victims, however, may develop severe diseases that require hospital care, health officials stated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe risk of exposure to this product is not ongoing at this time,\u201d the California health agency stated. \u201cWhile the investigation is ongoing, current information suggests the implicated beef product was distributed only to The Kebab Shop.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SAN JOSE \u2014 State health authorities are investigating an E. coli outbreak linked to The Kebab Shop restaurant&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":665640,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[10832,3805,28,2356,4887,71980,123536,10833,69156,1915,101,25113,97,252,2558,955,3,290925,272580,3804,4322,28512,178354,71080,10840,248945,10843,252733,71982,51475],"class_list":["post-665639","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-alameda-county","tag-bay-area","tag-business","tag-california","tag-california-news","tag-central-contra-costa","tag-concord","tag-contra-costa-county","tag-crime-and-public-safety","tag-east-bay","tag-economy","tag-fremont","tag-health","tag-health-care","tag-latest-headlines","tag-medical","tag-news","tag-north-san-jose","tag-pleasanton","tag-pm-report","tag-restaurants","tag-san-jose","tag-san-ramon","tag-santa-clara","tag-santa-clara-county","tag-social-alert","tag-south-bay","tag-south-san-jose","tag-tri-valley","tag-walnut-creek"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/665639","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=665639"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/665639\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/665640"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=665639"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=665639"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=665639"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}