According to Costco, based in Issaquah, WA, the company only uses one supplier for the vegetables in its chicken salad sold in stores throughout the entire country. HUS is most likely to occur in young children and the elderly.
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As reported by Federal Centers of disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the E. coli outbreak has affected 19 individuals in seven states, this includes: California (1), Colorado (4), Missouri (1), Montana (6), Utah (5), Virginia (1), and Washington (1).
The bug in this outbreak, E. coli O157:H7, is especially virulent, especially for those with weak immune systems.
Phone calls to the company did not get answered on Wednesday afternoon.
The foods range from Thai-style salads to celery sticks and are sold at Costco, Target, Starbucks and many other outlets, the FDA said.
The outbreak has seen five people hospitalized, two of them with a rare kind of kidney failure known as hemolytic uremic syndrome, officials said, although no fatalities have been reported.
If you have Costco chicken salad in your fridge, you may want to check the container. The potentially tainted celery and onion are used to manufacture a popular Rotisserie Chicken Salad, retailed at Costco, along with several other products found on this list prepared by the FDA (U.S. Food and Drug Administration).
Health investigators said that the people who bought the chicken salad purchased it in late October or early November.
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“They are probably one of the better stores out there, which shows just how vulnerable a supply chain is to E. coli or salmonella”. Anyone who develops gastrointestinal symptoms should see their health care provider.
