E.coli linked to salad sold at Costco

Tracy, California-based Taylor Farms Pacific recalled a vegetable mix consisting of diced celery and onion “out of an abundance of caution”.

Health officials reported that they have identified the source of an E.Coli outbreak in Costco stores in Washington State.

If you have any Costco chicken salad at home, check the label before you eat it. If its item number is 37719, throw it away.

Mr. Wilson said in his statement: “This is wonderful news”.

One additional test is needed to confirm that the vegetables carried the same E. coli strain connected with the outbreak, he said.

In 2013, a California Costco store recalled almost 40,000 pounds of cooked rotisserie chicken because of concerns that it was contaminated with salmonella.

The CDC, state health departments, and Costco are working to figure out what caused the contamination. That outbreak is caused by a different strain of E. coli and is not related to the Costco outbreak. The company used the mix in other foods that require celery, such as Thai-style salads and packaged dinners that are sold at Costco, Target, and other places.

So far, no one in Texas has gotten sick. Five people have been hospitalized, including two with kidney failure. Tauxe says they have all been told they are getting better.

Nineteen people in seven states have been sickened. This syndrome, officials said, is most likely to occur in young children and the elderly, and can lead to serious kidney damage and even death.

The CDC said laboratory testing was still ongoing.

Some of the symptoms of E.coli include nausea, abdominal pain, cramps, fatigue and fever. Anyone who develops gastrointestinal symptoms should see their health care provider.