Before the long weekend, Costco Wholesale Corporation (NASDAQ:COST) reported that the FDA is investigating whether the company’s vegetable mix, specifically the onions and celery, was to blame for the recent E coli outbreak stemming from its Rotisserie Chicken Salad.
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He says one additional test is needed to confirm that the vegetables carried the same E. coli strain connected with the outbreak.
The FDA said Thursday Taylor Farms Pacific of Tracy, California, recalled a mix of celery and onion used in Costco chicken salad and other foods. Consequently, the retailer of the salad based in Issaquah, Washington removed the product from store shelves across the nation.
The Associated Press contributed to this article.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) determined that the responsible party was the rotisserie chicken salad that Costco used and now the business has had to recall their products.
Those people live in California (1), Colorado (4), Missouri (1), Montana (6), Utah (5), Virginia (1), and Washington state (1).
Shiga toxin producing strain of E.Coli can even be life threatening. Five people have been hospitalized, and two were reported to have developed a type of kidney failure known as hemolytic uremic syndrome, or HUS, which can lead to permanent organ damage. The sale was stopped the day federal health officials revealed that the salad was linked with new E. coli cases, as per the company.
Health officials encourage anyone with the symptoms, particularly individuals who have eaten chicken salad that is Costco, to visit their physician.
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Chipotle made a decision to voluntarily close 43 of its restaurants in OR and Washington after the outbreak. Classical E. coli symptoms include diarrhea, nausea, abdominal cramps, and vomiting, and these typically manifest about three to seven days from exposure.
