A health department tells a manager it is investigating a foodborne-illness outbreak. What does that term mean?
a.One single guest reports an illness after eating at the operation
b.Two or more people get the same illness from the same food
c.A supplier recalls a product the operation has in storage
d.An inspector documents a critical temperature violation onsite
Explanation
An outbreak is an incident in which two or more people experience the same illness after eating the same food, and it is confirmed when a laboratory analysis identifies the source. A single complaint, a recall, and an inspection violation are all serious signals, but none of them meets the definition on its own.
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