Dozens of people were taken to hospitals Monday from a large wholesale seafood distribution business in Howard County, Maryland, after apparently suffering food poisoning linked to home-cooked meals brought in by an employee, according to the company and county officials.

A Howard County hospital is on “mini disaster alert" after 46 people became sick with food poisoning from a seafood distributor.

Dozens of people were hospitalized after eating the same food in Howard County Monday afternoon.According to Howard County Fire Rescue Services, emergency crews were called to the 7700 block of Chesapeake Bay Court in Jessup around 3:45 p.

Around 20 people are exhibiting signs of food poisoning in Howard County, according to Samantha Stanton with the Howard County Fire & Rescue Department.

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 a "foodborne illness outbreak" after sharing a dish at their workplace in Maryland, officials said.

More than 40 workers at a seafood distributor in Howard County, Maryland, were hospitalized for food poisoning this week after eating a co-worker’s home cooking, officials said.

NAFCO Wholesale Seafood Distributors reported that 46 of its workers at its Jessup, Maryland, facility were taken to nearby hospitals after being sickened by homemade food.

Pot-not-so-lucky. Dozens of people were hospitalized this week due to a mass food poisoning event at a Maryland wholesale seafood distributor. A total of 46 adults were sent to area hospitals after they all fell ill at NAFCO Wholesale Seafood Distributors in Jessup,