Salami Salmonella Recall Coincides with CDC Report on Salmonella Outbreak
Salmonella in Salami has prompted a large recall of pepper-coated salami made by a company in Rhode Island and the recall coincides with the announcement of a nationwide outbreak of Salmonella Montevideo.
The USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) says in a recall notice today that 1.24 million pounds of salami made by Danielle Inc. is not currently linked directly to the Salmonella outbreak that has sickened 184 people in 38 states, hospitalizing more than 35 of them.
But the FSIS notes specifically that the recalled salami is similar to products bought by customers who later became sick in the Montevideo outbreak. Investigators are still probing and testing.
Meanwhile, a Salmonella expert at the Oregon Public Health Division told the Oregonian newspaper there's a connection between the salami recall and Salmonella outbreak, which was first noticed on the West Coast last July.
Oregon senior epidemiologist William Keene said a lab near Seattle came up with positive tests for Salmonella in the past few days on salami made by Daniele that was purchased at a Costco in Washington state. Washington has more than a dozen cases in the Salmonella outbreak.
Some scientists suspect that it's the pepper on the salami. The particular strain of Salmonella involved in the outbreak is common and that makes it difficult for investigators to pinpoint the culprit food.
“This is a weird outbreak in a lot of ways because it’s been such a long investigation,” Keene told the Oregonian's Lynne Terry, one of the country's leading health reporters. "We've gone down a lot of dead ends until the puzzle pieces started to fit together."
The FSIS has not listed retailers yet who carried the recalled salami, but the Oregonian says vendors include Costco, Walmart, Sam's Club, Amazon and more. Most products are under the Daniele brand name, but the recall includes several items with the Boar's Head, Black Bear or Dietz & Watson labels.
All of the recalled products carry a small round USDA mark that says "EST. 54" or "EST. 9992." Daniele products with other USDA establishment numbers are not being recalled.
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