The Howard County Health Department said it was working with the Maryland Department of Health to investigate the cause of the outbreak, adding there's no risk to the community.

An employee at the NAFCO Wholesale Seafood Distributors gave their co-workers food they had prepared over the weekend, which caused the food poisoning.

Forty-six people were hospitalized in Maryland after firefighters received reports of multiple people with food poisoning in Jessup, Maryland. Firefighters and paramedics from the Howard County Department of Fire and Rescue Services responded to the scene at 3:45 p.