FSIS is prepared to take additional actions or expand the investigation
The U.S.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Thursday afternoon that,
as of Jan. 15, a total of 430 persons infected with seven outbreak strains of
Salmonella Heidelberg have been reported from 23 states and Puerto Rico.
The
situation prompted a public health alert on Oct. 7, 2013, from the U.S.
Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service due to concerns
that the illness was associated with chicken products produced at three Foster
Farms processing facilities in California.
Most of the
ill persons (74 percent) have been reported from California. The number of
those ill identified in each state is as follows: Alaska (1), Arkansas (1),
Arizona (19), California (321), Colorado (9), Connecticut (1), Delaware (1),
Florida (4), Idaho (5), Illinois (1), Kentucky (1), Louisiana (1), Michigan
(3), Missouri (5), North Carolina (1), Nevada (10), New Mexico (2), Oregon
(10), Puerto Rico (1), Texas (10), Utah (2), Virginia (4), Washington (16), and
Wisconsin (1).
Among 418
persons for whom information is available, illness onset dates range from March
1, 2013, to Dec. 26, 2013. Ill persons range in age from less than one year to
93 years, with a median age of 18 years. Fifty-two percent of ill persons are
male. Thirteen percent of ill persons have developed blood infections as a
result of their illness. Typically, approximately 5 percent of persons ill with
Salmonella infections develop blood infections. No deaths have been reported.
Thirty-eight
percent of ill persons have been hospitalized.The number of reported infections
from the outbreak strains of Salmonella Heidelberg has returned to baseline
levels, indicating that this particular outbreak appears to be over. However,
activities related to this investigation are ongoing.
Epidemiologic,
laboratory, and traceback investigations conducted by local, state, and federal
officials indicate that consumption of Foster Farms brand chicken is the likely
source of this outbreak of Salmonella Heidelberg infections.
This
investigation is ongoing. FSIS is prepared to take additional actions or expand
the investigation based on any new evidence.
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