Wegmans Food Markets yesterday recalled bulk Turkish pine nuts sold in most of its stores after health officials linked them to a Salmonella Enteritidis outbreak that has so far sickened 42 people in six states.
The recall involves 5,000 pounds of pine nuts sold at the company's stores in New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Virginia, and Maryland between Jul 1 and Oct 18. It does not apply to a store in Northborough, Mass., that opened on Oct 16, according to a recall notice from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
Wegmans said the recalled pine nuts were imported from Turkey by Sunrise Commodities, based in Englewood Cliffs, N.J. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said yesterday in an outbreak announcement that though the nuts were imported from Turkey, they may not have originated there. Federal and state officials are tracking the source of the pine nuts to determine if they were distributed to other retailers.
The CDC said epidemiologic and laboratory investigations by local, state, and federal agencies linked the illnesses to the pine nuts, which Wegmans also used as an ingredient in prepared foods such as Caprese salad sold at its stores.
Information from shopper cards helped health officials narrow the list of products suspected as the source of the outbreak early in the investigation, the CDC said. The review of sick patients' purchases, with their permission, found that they had purchased the same type of Turkish pine nuts from bulk bins at different Wegmans locations before they became ill.
Wegmans said it sent automated phone calls to customers whose shopping cards reflected Turkish pine nut purchases to notify them about the recall. View attachment 4800
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The recall involves 5,000 pounds of pine nuts sold at the company's stores in New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Virginia, and Maryland between Jul 1 and Oct 18. It does not apply to a store in Northborough, Mass., that opened on Oct 16, according to a recall notice from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
Wegmans said the recalled pine nuts were imported from Turkey by Sunrise Commodities, based in Englewood Cliffs, N.J. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said yesterday in an outbreak announcement that though the nuts were imported from Turkey, they may not have originated there. Federal and state officials are tracking the source of the pine nuts to determine if they were distributed to other retailers.
The CDC said epidemiologic and laboratory investigations by local, state, and federal agencies linked the illnesses to the pine nuts, which Wegmans also used as an ingredient in prepared foods such as Caprese salad sold at its stores.
Information from shopper cards helped health officials narrow the list of products suspected as the source of the outbreak early in the investigation, the CDC said. The review of sick patients' purchases, with their permission, found that they had purchased the same type of Turkish pine nuts from bulk bins at different Wegmans locations before they became ill.
Wegmans said it sent automated phone calls to customers whose shopping cards reflected Turkish pine nut purchases to notify them about the recall. View attachment 4800
http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/cidrap/content/fs/food-disease/news/oct2711salmo.html
