In another report by CBS DC, six people from Montana were also reported to be affected by it, while there are five in Utah and one in California, Missouri and Virginia.
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A Costco Wholesale Corp. executive named Taylor Farms as the supplier of onions and celery used in chicken salad that has been linked to an E. coli outbreak, saying federal officials notified Costco of the “wonderful news”.
One of the four people was hospitalized, the department said.
Five of those people have been hospitalized, including two with kidney failure.
CDC confirmed that the E. coli strain in the latest outbreak, identified as STEC O157:H7, can pose a serious threat to children’s health, AOL added.
This outbreak can be illustrated with a chart showing the number of people who became ill each day. Escherichia coli, or E. coli, bacteria normally live in the intestines of people and animals as an important part of a healthy intestinal tract.
Several civil lawsuits have already been filed by victims in Washington, Oregon and Minnesota in relation to the current E. coli outbreak and the Salmonella outbreak earlier this fall. You can contact Ryan and the PritzkerOlsen Bad Bug Law Team for help now at 1-888-377-8900. That means that all were sickened by the same source of food.
Tauxe emphasized that the agency does not have any evidence that other Costco food was contaminated. Chickens have not been connected to the outbreak.
Costco removed the chicken salad from their shelves Friday, but if the salad was bought before then, it may still be in homes.
As reports of infections started to come out, Costco said that it stopped selling the salad in question on November 20. They include stomach cramps, nausea, vomiting and diarrhea which may contain blood. The incubation period is three to seven days from the time of exposure.
In rare cases a potentially life-threatening complication called hemolytic uremic syndrome can develop.
“People who experience these symptoms should seek emergency medical care immediately”, the centre said.
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Hundreds of E. coli bacteria naturally reside in a human intestine, but some strains can cause diseases, the CDC said.
