Chi-Chi's Bankruptcy Preceded Hepatitis Outbreak

On October 8, 2003, American Tex-Mex chain Chi-Chi's filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. One month later, green onions served at its Beaver Valley Mall restaurant near Monaca, Pennsylvania, triggered the largest hepatitis A outbreak in U.S. history. The outbreak killed at least four people and sickened 660 others across the Pittsburgh area. Chi-Chi's settled the resulting lawsuits by July 2004 and closed all 65 remaining U.S. restaurants that September.

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