Linked to E. coli outbreak: Farm recalls produce used in Costco salad
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Linked to E. coli outbreak: Farm recalls produce used in Costco salad
A California farm is recalling a vegetable mix believed to be the source of E. coli in Costco chicken salad linked to an outbreak that has sickened 19 people in seven states, the Food and Drug Administration said Thursday. The foods range from Thai-style salads to packaged dinners and wraps, and they are sold at Costco, Target, Starbucks and many other commercial outlets.
Very quickly they noticed these people did have something in common. They really liked and ate the rotisserie chicken salad.
Dr. Robert Tauxe, deputy director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Division of Foodborne, Waterborne and Environmental Diseases
Costco, based in Issaquah, Wash., pulled the chicken salad off store shelves nationwide, posted signs in its stores and provided detailed purchase logs to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to help it track who bought the product and where the salad ingredients came from. The strain of Shiga toxin-producing E. coli can be life threatening, but no deaths have been reported. Five people have been hospitalized, including two with kidney failure. Health officials urged people who bought chicken salad at any U.S. Costco store on or before Nov. 20 to throw it away, even if no one has gotten sick.
