hannaford ground beef.bmpThe CDC today issued an update on the outbreak of Salmonella typhimurium linked to ground beef sold at Hannaford Grocery stores.  The updates include:

  • A total of 19 persons infected with the outbreak strain of Salmonella Typhimurium have been reported from 7 states.
  • The number of ill persons identified in each state is as follows: HI (1), KY (1), MA (1), ME (4), NH (6), NY (5), and VT (1).

The link to Hannaford’s ground beef is supported both by epidemiologic and laboratory investigatoins.  On the “epi” side, “Among 18 ill persons for whom information is available, 14 (78%) reported consuming ground beef in the week before their illness began.”

The lab results point to Hannaford as well:

Laboratory testing conducted by the State of Maine Health and Environmental Testing Laboratory and the New York State Department of Health, Wadsworth Center Laboratories isolated the outbreak strain of Salmonella Typhimurium from 2 separate samples of leftover ground beef purchased from Hannaford stores and collected from unrelated ill persons’ homes in Maine and New York.

Here is a list of the recalled products, which may still be in consumer’s homes:

  • “73% Hannaford Regular Ground Beef”
  • “75% Hannaford Regular Ground Beef”
  • “80% Hannaford Regular Ground Beef”
  • “85% Hannaford Regular Ground Beef”
  • “90% Hannaford Regular Ground Beef”
  • “80% Taste of Inspirations Angus Ground Beef”
  • “85% Taste of Inspirations Angus Ground Beef”
  • “90% Taste of Inspirations Angus Ground Beef”
  • “85% Nature’s Place Ground Beef”
  • “90% Nature’s Place Ground Beef”