Six cases were reported in Montana, five in Utah, four in Colorado, and one case each in California, Missouri, Virginia, and Washington state. There have been no further updates yet on the current conditions of the two people who went into kidney failure. PulseNet, the national subtyping network of public health and food regulatory agency laboratories, is coordinated by CDC. Please see the Timeline for Reporting Cases of E. coli Infection for more details.
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“If customers have consumed this product, and they have become ill, we encourage them to consult with their health care provider”, she said in a news release.
The current strain linked to Costco has been identified as E. coli 157, which the CDC said is more likely to be more harmful, especially in young children.
The FDA is now working with Costco to determine the source of contamination. Those sickened range in age between 5 and 84 and 57 percent are female.
The CDC has issued an alert about an E. Coli outbreak linked to Costco chicken salad.
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Wilson also said that while the product has been voluntarily removed from shelves, no recall has been ordered.
Ordinarily, the chicken salad that Costco sells can be safely kept up to three days after it is purchased before it starts to go bad, though it should be eaten sooner than that, if possible. Listeria in recent years has caused the most deaths, largely due to an outbreak caused by contaminated cantaloupe in 2011 that killed 33 people, the CDC said.
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People who have eaten this product and are infected with E. coli generally get sick within two to eight days afterward.
