Marie Callender’s Salmonella Outbreak Recall UPDATE
The retail distribution list has been updated for the recent ConAgra Foods Packaged Foods, LLC Marie Callender’s Salmonella recall of Cheesy Chicken and Rice frozen meals, according to the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS).
The potentially contaminated meals were sold nationwide as the following retail locations:
A&P, Albertsons, Brookshire Grocery Company, Chief Supermarkets, Food Lion, Fred Meyer, Frys, Giant, Hannaford, Harris Teeter, HEB, Hy-Vee, Jewel, Jungle Jim’s, King Soopers, Kroger, Marsh Supermarkets, Meijer, Mid Mountain Foods, Piggly Wiggly, Pitco Foods, Price Chopper, Publix, Ralphs, Redners Warehouse Market, Roundy’s, Safeway, Schnuck’s, Scolari’s Food and Drug Company, Shaw’s, Smart & Final, Smith’s, Stater Bros Market, Stop and Shop, Supervalu, Target, United Supermarkets, Wal-Mart, Wegmans, Winco, Winn-Dixie
According to the FSIS:
“This list may not include all retail locations that have received the recalled product or may include retail locations that did not actually receive the recalled product. Therefore, it is important that you use the product-specific identification information, available at http://www.fsis.usda.gov/News_&_Events/ Recall_036_2010_Release/index.asp, in addition to this list of retail stores, to check meat or poultry products in your possession to see if they have been recalled.”
The Salmonella serotype Chester outbreak has so far sickened 37 people in 18 states, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The states that have reported cases and the number of cases in each state are as follows: AK (1), CA (5), CO (2), GA (7), IL (1), KY (1), MA (2), MN (2), MO (1), NC (1), OK (1), OR (2), SC (2), TN (1), TX (1), UT (2), VA (4), and WA (1). The salmonellosis victims in this outbreak range from infants to the elderly.
Illinois Salmonella Outbreak Draws Apology from Subway Restaurants
A Salmonella outbreak that caused 80 people in 26 Illionois counties to become sick with salmonellosis has prompted the Subway sandwich restaurant chain to issue a formal apology, according to news sources. Although Illinois state health officials are still investigating the cause of the Subway outbreak, a company spokesman said this week that they are sorry for the problems. The Salmonella outbreak has been investigated since May 11, when illnesses began being reported.
Subway spokesman Kevin Kane said people who got sick all ate at Subway prior to June 3 and that the company threw away potentially tainted produce including lettuce, green peppers, red onions and tomatoes and replaced them.
Salmonella Infection Information
An infection from Salmonella bacteria is known as salmonellosis. The symptoms of salmonellosis at first might be mild gastrointestinal issues such as diarrhea, abdominal pain and fever. Healthy people might only experience those symptoms and then recover quickly. However, Salmonella can be especially dangerous to children and the elderly as well as people with weak immune systems. In serious cases it can develop into Reiter’s Syndrome, which causes:
- joint pain
- eye irritation
- painful urination
- can lead to chronic arthritis
This condition can last from a few months to several years.
Food safety attorney Fred Pritzker has represented people sickened by other bacteria from Subway restaurants, including a Shigella Subway outbreak in Lombard, Illionois and 16 people who got sick in a Norovirus outbreak at a Minnesota Subway restaurant.
“These types of outbreaks are commonly caused by something simple and preventable, such as a sick worker not properly washing his or her hands,” Pritzker said. “It’s of vital importance that these large chain restaurants educate workers on every level about how foodborne illness is spread. Something as simple as workers washing their hands can spare potential foodborne illness victims from the pain and suffering so many of my clients have endured.”
Source:
http://www.suntimes.com/business/2403272,CST-NWS-subway17.article
http://www.daily-chronicle.com/articles/2010/06/17/22181436/index.xml
