Triple T Specialty Meats recalls chicken salad due to possible Salmonella contamination
Triple T Specialty Meats of Ackley, Iowa, is recalling approximately 20,630 lb of ready-to-eat chicken salad products that may be contaminated with Salmonella Typhimurium.
Triple T Specialty Meats of Ackley, Iowa, is recalling approximately 20,630 lb of ready-to-eat chicken salad products that may be contaminated with Salmonella Typhimurium. The ready-to-eat chicken salad items were produced on various dates between Jan. 2, 2018 and Feb. 7, 2018.
The products subject to recall bear establishment number “P-21011” inside the USDA mark of inspection. These items were shipped to Fareway grocery stores in Iowa, Illinois, Minnesota, Nebraska, and South Dakota.
On Feb. 9, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service was notified by health officials in Iowa of an investigation of Salmonella Typhimurium illnesses. The Iowa Department of Public Health, Iowa Department of Inspections and Appeals, and Iowa State Hygienic Laboratory determined that there is a link between the chicken salad from Triple T Specialty Meats and the outbreak. Based on epidemiological investigation, 37 confirmed case-patients have been identified in Iowa, with illness onset dates ranging from Jan. 14 to Feb. 6. Results are pending on whether the outbreak strain is resistant to antibiotics.