NEW SALMONELLA OUTBREAK: Do not eat Citterio brand Premium Italian-Style Salame Sticks with any best-by date. They were mainly sold at Trader Joe’s grocery stores. For more info: https://t.co/dnYd0YhkvU pic.twitter.com/qCRHD21Pdr
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advised consumers to avoid eating Citterio brand Premium Italian-Style Salame Sticks on Saturday, Oct. 23, after the product was linked to a salmonella outbreak in California and seven other states.
The sticks are known to be sold at Trader Joe’s grocery stores, but the CDC says consumers should get rid of them no matter where they were bought.
“Trader Joe’s has voluntarily stopped selling this product in its stores nationwide until we learn more,” the CDC said as part of an investigation posted Saturday.
It was unclear if Citterio had pulled the meat from the shelves, but the CDC says investigators are working with the company “to determine next steps and if additional products may be contaminated.”
Twenty people have been infected as of Friday, with their illnesses beginning between Sept. 18 and Oct. 3. Three have been hospitalized and none have died.
Eight of the people infected are from California. The other cases were reported in Illinois, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, and Virginia.
Nine of the people who have gotten sick were interviewed and all of them said they ate salami sticks. Eight of them “reported eating or maybe eating this product,” the report details.
The report says data show that the sticks “may be contaminated with salmonella and are making people sick.”
The agency also advised consumers to wash items and containers that may have touched the product in hot soapy water.
The CDC warns that the number of sick people is likely higher because it usually takes 3-4 weeks “to determine if a sick person is part of an outbreak” and “many people recover without medical care and are not tested for salmonella.”
The investigation is ongoing with help from state public health officials and the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service.
Salmonella symptoms
Symptoms of the disease usually start between six hours and six days after swallowing the bacteria, the CDC explains. And most people recover after 4 to 7 days without treatment.
The center says people should call their doctors if you they experience any of these salmonella symptoms:
- Diarrhea and a fever higher than 102°F
- Diarrhea for more than 3 days that is not improving
- Bloody diarrhea
- So much vomiting that you cannot keep liquids down
- Signs of dehydration, such as not peeing much, dry mouth and throat, or feeling dizzy when standing up
Source: Orange County Register
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