• Packages of “DANIELE HOT SOPRESSATA CALABRESE,” produced on 11/7/09, 12/16/09 and 12/18/09.
• Packages of “DANIELE SOPRESSATA CALABRESE,” produced on 12/16/09 and 12/18/09.
• Packages of “BOAR’S HEAD BRAND HOT SOPRESSATA CALABRESE,” produced on 11/28/09, 12/9/09 and 12/14/09.

According to the FSIS:

“The recall is being expanded as a result of a confirmed finding of Salmonella in an unopened salami product reported by the Illinois Department of Public Health. The product was sampled during the course of an ongoing investigation of a multi-state outbreak of Salmonella serotype Montevideo illnesses.”

That outbreak has so far sickened 203 people in 42 states, who became ill with a matching strain of Salmonella Montevideo, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The following is a list of cases in each state, however, because Salmonella Montevideo is a common strain of the pathogen, health officials say that some of these illnesses may not be part of the outbreak:

AK (1), AL (2), AZ (5), CA (30), CO (4), CT (4), DC (1), DE (2), FL (3), GA (3), IA (1), ID (2), IL (11), IN (3), KS (3), LA (1), MA (12), MD (1), ME (1), MI (3), MN (4), MO (1), NC (9), ND (1), NE (1), NH (1), NJ (8), NM (2), NY (16), OH (9), OK (1), OR (9), PA (5), RI (2), SC (1), SD (3), TN (4), TX (7), UT (7), VA (1), WA (15), WV (1), and WY (2)

The complete list of retailers that carried all the types of Daniele recalled Italian sausage products has been posted by the FSIS, and includes:

• Albertsons Stores in AZ, CO, ID, LA, MT, NM, OR, TX, UT, WA, WY
• Beverages & More!Stores in CA
• Bi-Lo Stores in SC, TN
• BJ’s All stores nationwide
• Bloom Stores in MD, NC, SC, VA
• Bottle King Stores in NJ
• Brookshire Bros.Stores in TX
• Costco All stores nationwide
• D’Agostino Supermarket Stores in NY
• Dave’s Market Stores in RI
• Earth Fare Stores in NC, TN
• Food Emporium Stores in NJ
• Fred Meyer Stores in AK, ID, OR, WA
• Fresh Fields Stores in TX
• Fry’s Food and Drug/Fry’s Marketplace Stores in AZ
• Giant Food StoreStores in MA, PA, VA, WV
• Haggen Stores in OR, WA
• Harris Teeter Stores in DC, DE, MD, NC, SC, TN, VA
• Hilander Stores in IL
• Kings Stores in NJ, PA
• Kroger Stores in AL, GA, IL, IN ,KY, LA, MI, MO, NC, OH, SC, TN, TX, VA, WV
• Market Basket Stores in MA, NH, NJ
• Martins Food Market Stores in MD, PA, VA, WV
• Pathmark Stores in NJ, NY, PA
• Piggly Wiggly Stores in SC
• QFC – Fresh Fare Stores in OR, WA
• Ralphs / Ralphs Fresh Fare Stores in CA, NY
• Roche Bros. Stores in MA
• Sams Clubs All stores nationwide
• Scotts Stores in IN
• Shoppers Market Stores in MD, VA
• Shop-Rite Stores in NJ
• Smiths / Smiths Marketplace Stores in AZ, ID, MT, NM, NV, UT, WY
• Stop and Shop / Super Stop and Shop Stores in CT, MA, NH, NJ, NY, RI
• Super K-Mart Stores in IL, IN, MI, NY, OH, PA, SC
• The Fresh Market Stores in NC
• Top Food Stores in WA
• Waldbaums Stores in NY
• Walmart All stores nationwide
• Wegmans Stores in NY
• Weis Stores in MD, NJ, NY, PA
• Whole Foods Stores in TX

The initial salame recall was announced by the  USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) and involved 1.24 million pounds of Italian sausage, pepper salami, genoa salami and other recalled ready-to-eat sausage products. The company and health experts believe the black pepper in these products may have been the cause of the contamination. Daniele has stopped production of all salame / salami products.

Daniele Salami Salmonella Information

The Salmonella montevideo outbreak has so far sickened 189 people in 40 states and 37 of those people were hospitalized, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The distribution of illnesses in each state is as follows:

AL (2), AZ (5), CA (30), CO (3), CT (4), DE (2), FL (2), GA (3), IA (1), ID (2), IL (11), IN (3), KS (3), LA (1), MA (12), MD (1), ME (1), MI (1), MN (4), MO (1), NC (9), ND (1), NE (1), NH (1), NJ (7), NY (15), OH (9), OK (1), OR (8), PA (3), RI (2), SC (1), SD (3), TN (4), TX (7), UT (7), VA (1), WA (14), WV (1), and WY (2)

Because Salmonella montevideo is a relatively common strain, the CDC continues to report that other foods beyond the Daniele meats could have caused some of the 189 illnesses, all of which have been reported between July 2009 and January 7, 2010.

Salmonella food poisoning, called salmonellosis, can in rare cases lead to Reiter’s Syndrome. Salmonellosis symptoms at first can appear flu-like, and may include diarrhea, fever and abdominal pain among other signs.

Daniele International Inc., which has operations in Pascoag and Mapleville, R.I., recalled about 1.24 million pounds of ready-to-eat (RTE) Italian sausage products. During an ongoing investigation of a nationwide Salmonella Montevideo outbreak, health officials tested  salami products and discovered Salmonella in the sample.  The Salmonella strain found in the Daniele salami does not appear to be the outbreak strain, Salmonella Montevideo. The FSIS has a zero-tolerance policy on Salmonella in RTE products. According to the recall announcement:

“The product tested was similar to products bought by customers who later became sick in the Montevideo investigation, but currently there is not a direct link.”

The outbreak has so far sickened 184 people in 38 states, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). This includes cases in the following states:

AL (2), AZ (5), CA (30), CO (2), CT (4), DE (2), FL (2), GA (3), IA (1),  IL (11), IN (3), KS (3), LA (1), MA (12), MD (1), ME (1), MI (1), MN (4), NC (9), ND (1), NE (1), NH (1), NJ (7), NY (15), OH (9), OK (1), OR (8), PA (3),  RI (2), SC (1), SD (3), TN (3), TX (7), UT (7), VA (1), WA (14), WV (1), and WY (2).

The full list of recalled sausage products includes:

• 10-ounce packages of “DANIELE NATURALE SALAME COATED WITH COARSE BLACK PEPPER.”
• Catch weight packages of “DANIELE PEPPER SALAME.”
• 9-ounce packages of “BLACK BEAR OF THE BLACK FOREST BABY GENOA PEPPER SALAME.”
• 20-ounce packages of “DANIELE DELI SELECTION, GENOA SALAME, SMOKED SALAME, PEPPERED SALAME, RUSTIC SALAME.”
• 340- and 454-gram packages of “DANIELE SURTIDO FINO ITALIANO, SALAMI GENOA CON PIMIENTA, LOMO CAPOCOLLO, SALAMI CALABRESE.”
• 16-ounce packages of “DANIELE ITALIAN BRAND GOURMET PACK, HOT CALABRESE, PEPPER SALAME, HOT CAPOCOLLO.”
• 8-ounce packages of “DIETZ & WATSON ARTISAN COLLECTION PARTY PLATTER PACK, HOT CALABRESE, PEPPER SALAME, HOT CAPOCOLLO.”
• 8-ounce packages of “DANIELE ITALIAN BRAND GOURMET PACK, HOT CALABRESE, PEPPER SALAME, HOT CAPOCOLLO.”
• 16-ounce packages of “DANIELE GOURMET COMBO PACK, PEPPER SALAME, CAPOCOLLO, CALABRESE.”
• 500-gram packages of “DANIELE ITALIAN BRAND GOURMET PACK EMBALLAGE ASSORTI GOURMET ITALIEN, HOT CALABRESE, PEPPER SALAME, CALABRESE PIQUANT, SALAMI AU POIVRE, HOT CAPOCOLLO, CAPOCOLLO PIQUANT.”
• 8-ounce packages of “BOAR’S HEAD BRAND ALL NATURAL SALAME COATED WITH COARSE BLACK PEPPER.”
• Catch weight packages of “DIETZ & WATSON ARTISAN COLLECTION, BABY GENOA PEPPER SALAME, MADE WITH 100% PORK COATED WITH BLACK PEPPER AND PORK FAT.”
• 20-ounce variety packages of “DANIELE DELI SELECTION, GENOA SALAME, SWEET SOPRESSATA, PEPPERED GENOA, MILANO SALAME.”
• 21-ounce variety packages of “DANIELE GOURMET ITALIAN DELI SELECTION, SWEET SOPRESSATA SALAMI, PEPPERED GENOA SALAMI, HOT SOPRESSATA SALAMI, MILANO SALAMI, SALAMI SOPRESSATA DOUX, SALAMI GENOA POIVR, SALAMI SOPRESSATA PIQUANT, SALAMI MILANO.”
• 7-ounce packages of “DANIELE SALAME BITES PEPPER SALAME.”
• 14-ounce packages of “DANIELE GOURMET ITALIAN DELI SELECTION ASSORTMENT DE FINES CHARCUTERIE ITALIENNE, SWEET SOPRESSATA SALAMI, MILANO SALAMI, SALAMI SOPRESSATA DOUX, SALAMI MILANO.”
• Catch weight packages of “DANIELE NATURALE SALAME COATED WITH COARSE BLACK PEPPER.”
• 32-ounce variety packages of “DANIELE DELI SELECTION, GENOA SALAME, SWEET SOPRESSATA, PEPPERED GENOA, MILANO SALAME.”

Symptoms of Salmonella food poisoning can include: diarrhea, fever, abdominal pain and dehydration. In rare cases, Salmonella can cause enteric Reiter’s Syndrome, often known as reactive arthritis.