Chicken Salad to Blame for Multistate Salmonella Outbreak
Late last week, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a notice regarding a new multistate outbreak involving ready-to-eat deli products sold at an upper midwest grocery store chain. CDC, along with the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service are investigating an outbreak of Salmonella Typhimurium infections in 5 states.
Based on epidemiologic and laboratory testing, the likely source of the contaminated chicken salads is Iowa-based Triple T Specialty Meats, Inc., who issued a recall of all their chicken salad products on February 21. At least 65 people have become ill, and 28 of them have been hospitalized. No deaths have been reported.