Salami Salmonella Outbreak Still Growing
In the past three weeks of tracking by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the number of illnesses confirmed in the Daniele salami Salmonella outbreak has grown by 33 cases to the current level of 217 illnesses in 44 states and the District of Columbia.
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The most recent onset of illness confirmed in the investigation came on January 18, but there's always a couple of weeks of lag time before a person who is sick from the outbreak strain of Salmonella is analyzed and confirmed as a victim.
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The latest CDC update confirms the hardest hit states as California (30 cases), New York (18), Washington (15), Illinois (14) and Massachusetts (12). More than 50 people have been hospitalized nationwide and no deaths have been reported.
State and federal health investigators have found DNA evidence that pepper salami and hot sopressata calabrese Italian style sausage products made by Daniele Inc. of Pascoag, Rhode Island, caused the outbreak. The company has recalled 1.26 million pounds of product and the CDC is following the pepper trail to see if any other peppered food products are vehicles of the current outbreak.
It has been shown that the two distributors who sold black pepper to Daniele used common overseas sources for the product.
