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The Public Health Agency of Canada, the provincial public health partners, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency and Health Canada are investigating an outbreak of Salmonella Enteritidis infections in three provinces linked to frozen raw breaded chicken products. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency issued a recall for No Name brand Chicken Nuggets distributed nationally. Unbranded $10 Chicken distributed nationally. The agency reports that there are 7 cases of Salmonella Enteritidis illness in British Columbia (3), Alberta (1), and Ontario (3). One person has been hospitalized. No deaths have been reported. Exposure to frozen raw breaded chicken products has been identified as the source of illness. Food samples of No Name brand Chicken Nuggets and unbranded $10 Chicken Fries tested positive for Salmonella Enteritidis. The positive food samples had genetic fingerprints (using whole genome sequencing) that matched the genetic fingerprints of the cases of human illness reported in these outbreaks. @ https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/public-health-notices/2018/outbreak-salmonella-infections-linked-frozen-raw-breaded-chicken-products.html

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) issued a public health alert due to whey powder that might contain Salmonella and was recalled by its producer. The whey powder bear the USDA mark of inspection, should not be consumed. The whey powder was voluntarily recalled by the producer, Associated Milk Producers, Inc. (AMPI). Additional FSIS-regulated products containing the recalled whey powder may be added to this public health alert as more information becomes available. The products were produced by Pinnacle Foods, Inc., a Fayetteville, Ark. The recalled product: 15.25-oz. individual frozen microwavable dinners with “HUNGRY MAN CHIPOTLE BBQ SAUCED BONELESS CHICKEN WYNGZ”.The product bears the establishment number “EST. P138” or “P-138” on the side of the carton. These products were shipped to retail locations in Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and Virginia. The problem was discovered on July 17, 2018, when Pinnacle Foods, Inc. was notified by their supplier that the recalled whey powder ingredient was used in the ranch dressing seasoning supplied to the firm. The ranch dressing seasoning was incorporated into mashed potatoes and packaged as a component with a boneless chicken dinner. There have been no confirmed reports of adverse reactions due to consumption of these products. Anyone concerned about an illness should contact a healthcare provider. @ https://www.fsis.usda.gov/wps/portal/fsis/newsroom/news-releases-statements-and-transcripts/news-release-archives-by-year/archive/2018/pha-07202018-1

Flowers Foods, Inc. of Thomasville, GA on Thursday recalled Swiss Rolls and Captain John Derst’s Old Fashioned Bread due to concerns of a possible salmonella contamination. The Swiss Rolls were sold nationwide under brand names Mrs. Freshley’s, Food Lion, H-E-B, Baker’s Treat, Market Square, and Great Value. The Captain John Derst’s Old Fashioned Bread was sold in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina. The company said salmonella may be present in whey powder, a major ingredient in the products, which was recalled by a third-party manufacturer and supplier. The company issues a press release with the relevant information. No illnesses were reported. @ https://abc13.com/food/flowers-foods-recalls-swiss-rolls-over-salmonella-contamination/3789196/

CDC and public health and regulatory officials in several states are investigating a multistate outbreak of Salmonella Reading linked to raw turkey products. As of July 11, 2018, 90 people infected with the outbreak strain of Salmonella Reading have been reported from 26 states. Forty people have been hospitalized, and no deaths have been reported. The outbreak strain of Salmonella Reading has been identified in samples from raw ground turkey for pets, from raw turkey products from 19 slaughter and 6 processing establishments, and from live turkeys from several states. WGS showed that the Salmonella strain from these samples is closely related genetically to the Salmonella strain from ill people. This result provides more evidence that people in this outbreak got sick from preparing raw turkey products. Antibiotic resistance was not identified in 68 isolates from 28 ill people and 40 food and animal samples. However, 33 isolates from ill people and 49 isolates from food and animal samples contained genes for resistance to all or some of the following antibiotics: ampicillin, streptomycin, sulfamethoxazole, tetracycline, gentamicin, and kanamycin. @ https://www.cdc.gov/salmonella/reading-07-18/index.html