FDA Tracing Supply of Salmonella Pepper
The Food and Drug Administration is actively investigating the supply chain of the black pepper used in the manufacturing of recalled salami products strongly believed to be the cause of a nationwide Daniele salami Salmonella outbreak.
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Rhode Island health officials discovered the outbreak strain of Salmonella in an open pepper container at the plant where the salami is made and two other government labs confirmed the outbreak strain of Samonella in products that have been recalled.
FDA said it has collected and is currently analyzing black pepper samples. "To date, all the samples collected and analyzed by the FDA have tested negative for Salmonella; however, sample collection and analysis continues,'' the agency said in a press release.
The latest report from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says 202 people from 42 states and Washington, D.C., have been sickened by the same strain of Salmonella Montevideo since early July 2009. The most recent, documented onset of illness was January 11.
National food safety law firm Pritzker Olsen is monitoring the ongoing investigation, which could possibly lead to additional recalls if contaminated pepper from the same supplier went into other ready-to-eat products. Our firm is accepting salami Salmonella cases from those sickened by the 1.24 million pounds of salami products recalled January 23 by Daniele Inc. of Pascoag, Rhode Island.
If you or a loved one was sickened in this outbreak, contact a Salmonella lawyer at our firm for a free case consultation by calling 1-888-377-8900 (Toll Free) or by completing the contact form on the side of this Web page. We currently represent Salmonella victims and have collected millions over the years for victims of food poisoning.
Pritzker Olsen is a leading practitioner of foodborne illness litigation and its founder and president, Fred Pritzker, is a sought-after speaker for food safety causes. This particular Salmonella outbreak caused by adulterated salami could have been prevented long before it hospitalized 38 people. A major part of our mission at Pritzker Olsen is to actively support measures of prevention in industry and government.
The FDA is warning consumers to avoid salami products recalled by Daniele because the products have a shelf life of up to a year and potentially contaminated packages could still be in grocery stores or in home freezers and refrigerators. Click here to see the complete Daniele salami recall listing. For a list of the retailers who handled this product, click here.
