The Enterprise News reports that Shino restaurant in Easton is under investigation in connection with a string of Salmonella cases reported in the area.

The Massachusetts Department of Public Health is investigating the Japanese restaurant and sushi bar Shino at 620 Washington St., in Easton.

“The DPH is investigating a cluster of salmonella cases associated with a restaurant in Easton,” DPH Media Relations Coordinator Anne Scales told The Enterprise in a statement. “The Easton Health Department is assisting with the investigation.”

Restaurant owner Allen Yee confirmed that officials from the DPH have visited the restaurant twice in recent days to carry out inspections.

“They’ve been here twice already,” Yee said. “Both times they inspected the restaurant, they didn’t find any major problems.”

State and local officials declined to release the name of the restaurant under investigation, though they confirmed the restaurant has remained open to customers since the investigation began on Monday.

“We do not advertise the names of restaurants under investigation unless there is reason to believe there is an on-going health threat,” Scales said in an email. “We really do not have enough information at this point to believe that there is an ongoing health threat where the public would need to be notified.”

In a statement, Easton Director of Health and Community Services Kristin Kennedy said the investigation remains in its preliminary stages.

Salmonella is a bacteria that causes an infectious disease of the bowel in humans, according to the mass.gov website.

Symptoms – which include stomach cramps, diarrhea, fever and nausea – typically begin 12 to 72 hours after the bacteria are consumed and last for several days.