34 CNE sickness cases, food samples analysed

The Toronto Health Department has held a late afternoon news conference related to the gastrointestinal sickness outbreak at the CNE. Dr. Lisa Berger, associate medical officer of health, said there have been 34 reports of sickness which are believed to part of this incident. She said the health department cannot name the cause of the illness because it is in the process of sending food samples from the Epic Burger concession to provincial health labs to analyse them. The Epic Burger stand, vendors of the Cronut Burger, has been closed by the CNE. Dr. Berger said the results will take a few days.  She said she expected Epic Burgers to stay closed until there was something definitive from the tests.