The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) yesterday said that a Salmonella Typhimurium outbreak linked to chicken salad sold by a grocery store chain in the Midwest has sickened 65 people in five states.
CDC's announcement came a day after the US Department of Agriculture Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) said Triple T Specialty Meats, Inc., based in Ackley, Iowa, recalled 20,630 pounds of ready-to-eat chicken salad products that may be contaminated with Salmonella Typhimurium, based on investigation findings from Iowa health officials into several illnesses.
Outbreak strain in 2 product samples
The CDC said epidemiologic and lab evidence points to the company's chicken salad, sold at Fareway grocery stores, as the likely source of the multistate outbreak. Most of the sick patients are reported from Iowa (55), but Illinois (4), Nebraska (3), Minnesota (2), and Texas (1) also reported cases.
Iowa health officials have identified additional cases, based on diagnostic testing, but the CDC said it is not including them in the outbreak total until DNA fingerprint tests link the infections to the outbreak.
Illnesses began between Jan 8 and Feb 10. Patient ages range from 11 to 89 years, and two-thirds (44) are female. So far 28 people have been hospitalized, but no deaths have been reported.
Early on, Iowa health officials detected the outbreak and linked it to chicken salad sold at Fareway stores. CDC investigators are using PulseNet, the national subtyping network, to identify other infections that may be related to the outbreak.
Source :- cidrap
CDC's announcement came a day after the US Department of Agriculture Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) said Triple T Specialty Meats, Inc., based in Ackley, Iowa, recalled 20,630 pounds of ready-to-eat chicken salad products that may be contaminated with Salmonella Typhimurium, based on investigation findings from Iowa health officials into several illnesses.
Outbreak strain in 2 product samples
The CDC said epidemiologic and lab evidence points to the company's chicken salad, sold at Fareway grocery stores, as the likely source of the multistate outbreak. Most of the sick patients are reported from Iowa (55), but Illinois (4), Nebraska (3), Minnesota (2), and Texas (1) also reported cases.
Iowa health officials have identified additional cases, based on diagnostic testing, but the CDC said it is not including them in the outbreak total until DNA fingerprint tests link the infections to the outbreak.
Illnesses began between Jan 8 and Feb 10. Patient ages range from 11 to 89 years, and two-thirds (44) are female. So far 28 people have been hospitalized, but no deaths have been reported.
Early on, Iowa health officials detected the outbreak and linked it to chicken salad sold at Fareway stores. CDC investigators are using PulseNet, the national subtyping network, to identify other infections that may be related to the outbreak.
Source :- cidrap
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