The Uninvited Holiday Guest: Foodborne Illness

Editor’s note: Authors of this guest column are Andy Monshaw and Steve Eiseler. A 22-year-old college student spent her Thanksgiving break at her grandparents’ home — in bed, sick, with what her family assumed was a stomach virus. But when her grandparents both came down with the same symptoms 12 hours later, some family members started to question whether the real culprit was their Thanksgiving dinner.  At Christmas time, all the guests at a catered…