Employee’s homemade meal blamed for mass food poisoning at seafood distributor that left 46 people sick

An employee’s homemade meal was blamed for the mass food poisoning outbreak at a Maryland seafood distributor (pictured) on Monday - (Fox5)

An employee’s homemade meal has been blamed for a mass food poisoning incident at a Maryland seafood distributor that left nearly 50 people sick.

Emergency responders were called to NAFCO Wholesale Seafood Distributors in Jessup at around 3.45pm on Monday following reports that multiple workers were unwell after “eating the same food”, the Howard County Health Department said.