Salmonella Contamination Prompts Duck Recall
A Salmonella duck recall has been announced by Palmex, Inc. of Champlain, New York, and by Sid Wainer & Son, Inc., of New Bedford, Mass., according to an announcement by the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS). The Palmex Salmonella recall involves approximately 197 pounds of imported smoked duck breast products that are ready to eat. Sid Wainer & Son is recalling about 137 pounds.
The recalled products were produced June 20 and send to distribution centers in California. The potential contamination was discovered on a July 12 routine test. The sample that tested positive for Salmonella contamination was an imported Canadian Charcuterie Parisienne. A more specific description of the products is as follows:
Shipping containers of “MAGRET DE CANARD FUME SECHE DRIED SMOKED DUCK BREAST PRODUIT DU CANADA\PRODUCT OF CANADA.” There are 6 individually wrapped .66 lb pieces of duck breast in each shipping container. Labels bear the establishment number “CANADA 377″ inside the Canadian mark of inspection and also have code lot number “111217,” package code “11JN20,” and best before date “11DE17.”
Salmonella Food Poisoning Lawsuit Information
Consumption of the pathogen salmonella can result in an illness called salmonellosis. Symptoms include nausea, fever, vomiting, and other common flu-like symptoms. However, serious cases can develop into what’s known as Reiter’s Syndrome. Complications from Reiter’s Syndrome may include:
- Enthesopathy, painful inflammation of the tendon that attaches to the bone
- Heel spurs, bony growths in the heel that cause chronic or long-lasting foot pain
- Spondylitis, inflammation of the spine
- Sacroiliitis, inflammation of the joints of the lower back that connect the spine to the pelvis
- Conjunctivitis, inflammation of the mucous membrane that covers the eyeball and eyelid
- Uveitis, inflammation of the inner eye
About 10 percent of people with Reiter’s syndrome, develop heart problems:
- Aortic regurgitation, leakage of blood from the aorta into the heart chamber
- Pericarditis, inflammation of the membrane that covers and protects the heart
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