DHEC Releases Name of SC Restaurant in E coli Probe

SPARTANBURG, S.C. (AP) _ State health officials have released the name of a Spartanburg restaurant connected to a recent E coli outbreak after the business agreed to be identified. The Department of Health and Environmental Control says its scientists have not found any specific link between food served at the El Mexicano restaurant and the bacteria that has sickened 10 people. DHEC notified hospitals and doctors last week that nearly a dozen people got sick from E coli after eating at a Mexican restaurant. The agency says it doesn’t publically identify a business until there is a specific link to the illnesses, but El Mexicano agreed to be named. The restaurant owner says it has cooperated with DHEC and has never had a problem like this in 15 years in business.