FDA officials say Taylor Farms Pacific is recalling a mix of celery and onion that is used in Costco’s chicken salad and other foods.
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Costco says it uses one provider for all those vegetables in the chicken salad sold in all its US shops.
Additional test are required on the vegetables to confirm that they had the same E. coli strain associated with the outburst, which affected 19 people.
The vegetables came from Taylor Farms in Salinas, Calif. USA TODAY was not able to reach Taylor Farms for comment on Thanksgiving. By state, the case count is as follows: California (1), Colorado (4), Missouri (1), Montana (6), Utah (5), Virginia (1), and Washington (1). “They really liked and ate the rotisserie chicken salad”, he said.
The list of products being recalled tops 70 products and includes the Fresh To Go Bistro Snack that’s sold in 7/11 stores and several onion and celery blends sold at Costco and Nob Hill stores. “We are working with the CDC and state partners to determine the source”.
Shiga toxin producing strain of E.Coli can even be life threatening. Five people have been hospitalized, including two with kidney failure. The CDC was informed that all the patients are getting better. That recall shows that even fully cooked chicken is vulnerable to bacteria, if workers inadvertently contaminate the cooked birds with juice from raw chickens, Marler said. Tauxe also emphasized that at present the CDC did not have any evidence to show any contamination in any of the other Costco foods. The outbreak, which is expected to grow, was linked to Costco rotisserie chicken salad.
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It takes an average three- to- four days for symptoms to show, though people typically can get sick anytime between two and eight days.
