07.06.2013

Over 140 suspected cases of gastrointestinal illness have been reported among persons who ate at the restaurant. Thirty of these have had Salmonella confirmed by laboratory testing and 15 people have been hospitalised.
A Victorian egg supplier is under investigation and one person has ongoing health issues following Canberra's largest salmonella outbreak.
The outbreak, which affected 140 people and hospitalised 15 in mid-May, was traced back to raw egg mayonnaise served at the Copa Brazilian restaurant in Dickson. The ACT Chief Health Officer Dr Paul Kelly confirmed that the focus had turned to an egg producer in Victoria who supplied eggs to the Copa reastaurant.
S. typhimurium phage type 170 was found to be the specific bacteria involved.