CDC said 41 people had been infected from
20 states with 63% percent of ill people being children.
The UK Food Standards Agency (FSA) has
warned consumers not to eat certain peanut butter based products imported from
the US due to the ongoing salmonella outbreak traced to manufacturer Sunland.
An outbreak of the Salmonella Bredeney strain in the US has been linked to peanut
butter produced by peanut butter producer, Sunland Inc. Because the product
recall has widened, US authorities have now alerted the European Commission to possible
distribution of affected products in member states, including the UK.
The Health Protection Agency was not aware
of any cases of illness in the UK that may be associated with the outbreak as
of yesterday. It is not thought that these products are on sale in the major
supermarkets in the UK, but they may have been bought on the internet or from
specialist shops that import American food products, said the FSA.
A total of 38 persons infected with the
outbreak strain of Salmonella Bredeney
have been reported from 20 states. Three new cases have been reported from two
states since the last update on October 5, 2012: California (2) and New Mexico
(1).
Among persons for whom information is
available, illness onset dates range from June 14, 2012 to September 21, 2012.
Ill persons range in age from less than 1 year to 79 years, with a median age
of 7 years. Sixty-six percent of ill persons are children under the age of 10
years. Sixty-two percent of ill persons are male. Among 35 persons with
available information, 10 (29%) patients reported being hospitalized. No deaths
have been reported.
Illnesses that occurred after September 13,
2012 might not be reported yet due to the time it takes between when a person
becomes ill and when the illness is reported.
The US Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) said 41 people had been infected with the Salmonella strain from 20 states with 63% percent of ill people
being children under the age of 10 years, in its latest update.
Liz McNulty, from the FSA’s incidents team,
said: “Investigations are ongoing, but as we get more information from the US
and local authorities in the UK we will be able to narrow down the list
products to just those we know have been sold in the UK.
“If consumers have a product made by
Sunland Inc. they should check the batch code against the list on US FDA site
provided at the link top right. If the product is on the list it should not be
eaten and returned to where it was bought.”
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