Jennie-O Turkey Sold at Sam’s Club: Salmonella Outbreak Update from CDC
Our law firm is investigating an outbreak of Salmonella Hadar infections linked to Jennie-O turkey burgers sold at Sam’s Club stores. Investigators are using DNA analysis of Salmonella bacteria obtained through diagnostic testing to identify cases of illness that may be part of this outbreak.
CDC is warning consumers that the outbreak strain of Salmonella Hadar is resistant to many commonly prescribed antibiotics, which can increase the risk of hospitalization or possible treatment failure in infected individuals. States have reported antibiotic resistance of the outbreak strain to several clinically useful drugs including ampicillin, amoxicillin/clavulanate, cephalothin, and tetracycline.
To date, 12 persons infected with the outbreak strain of Salmonella Hadar have been reported from 10 states: Arizona (1 case), California (1 case), Colorado (1 case), Georgia (1 case), Illinois (1 case), Missouri (1 case), Mississippi (1 case), Ohio (1 case), Washington (1 case), and Wisconsin (3 cases). Three of the Salmonella victims been hospitalized.
The CDC and state and local health investigators have linked this outbreak to eating turkey burgers. Investigators were not able to determine consumption of turkey burgers for all case-patients. However, FSIS determined that at least three of the case-patients in Colorado, Ohio, and Wisconsin specifically reported eating Jennie-O Turkey burgers the week before their illness began. This is statistically significant epidemiological evidence that Jennie-O turkey burgers sold at Sam’s Club are the source of this outbreak.
Testing of samples of Jennie-O ground turkey burgers yielded the “smoking gun,” microbiological evidence that links the Jennie-O turkey burgers to the illnesses in this outbreak. Samples of Jennie-O ground turkey burgers were collected by public health agencies from the homes of case-patients in Colorado and Wisconsin who tested positive for the outbreak strain of Salmonella Hadar. Both turkey burger samples were positive for the outbreak strain of Salmonella Hadar.
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My girlfriend and I have been sick since eating an all natural 1/3 pound jennie-O lean white turkey burger last Monday April 4th. We were cooking two of the burgers on the grill for a birthday party and was told about the recall on the burgers. We laughed about it thinking it was a joke and were both sick by the next morning, when we looked up the website and realized it wasn’t a joke. My girlfriend was sick in bed for 2 and a half days, and I am still sick a week later. I have been throwing up and having severe stomach cramping since that day. I have missed work because of this and don’t seem to be getting any better! I looked at the dates and lot numbers on the package, but they don’t match up with the ones on the website. However, this does not change the fact we have been sick ever since.