Taylor Farms Pacific of Tracy, Cal.is recalling products that my contain celery contaminated with E. coli. “They really liked and ate the rotisserie chicken salad”, he said.
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The recall was “out of an abundance of caution”, the FDA said in a statement.
Costco stated that the warehouse chain now uses one supplier for its vegetables used in the chicken salad, which is then nationally distributed. Although most healthy adults can completely recover within a week, some people can develop a form of kidney failure called hemolytic uremic syndrome.
Consumers who have Costco chicken salad in their refrigerators bought in late October or early November are being urged to check their purchase; if it displays item number 37719, it should be discarded immediately, officials said.
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 strain is considered unsafe as it took four lives in 1993.
According to Chapman, “When it comes to produce, there is no zero risk”.
The multinational membership-only club has had other food contamination issues in the past. Tauxe says they have all been told they are getting better.
And with not massed-produced foods too.
At least five of the 19 people who have fallen ill this month have been hospitalized.
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The rules follow years of work by regulators amid a rash of food-borne illnesses linked to dirty food processing equipment and poorly designed facilities.
