24 sickened in 14 states in salmonella outbreak tied to charcuterie meats: CDC

Twenty-four people have been sickened in 14 states in a salmonella outbreak tied to charcuterie meats, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) said Friday.

“Salmonella was identified in an unopened sample of ‘Busseto Foods Charcuterie Sampler Prosciutto, Sweet Soppressata, and Dry Coppa’ collected by the Minnesota Department of Agriculture as a part of the investigation,” a CDC alert on the outbreak reads. “Testing is being conducted to determine if the Salmonella in the sample is the outbreak strain.”

The CDC also noted a recall of 11,097 pounds of “Busseto Foods brand ready-to-eat charcuterie meat products" by Fratelli Beretta USA on Wednesday. The recall covered “18-oz. plastic tray packages containing ‘BUSSETO FOODS CHARCUTERIE SAMPLER Prosciutto, Sweet Sopressata, and Dry Coppa,’” according to the recall.

The recall also said that the products were “shipped to Sam’s Club distribution centers in Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Minnesota, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, and Texas.”

In its alert, the CDC said people should check their refrigerators for possible recalled foods and reach out to health care providers if they experience “severe” salmonella symptoms such as bloody diarrhea and “[s]o much vomiting that you cannot keep liquids down.”

Last month, Quaker Oats Co. recalled some granola bars and granola-based cereals due to the risk of salmonella.

“Healthy persons infected with Salmonella often experience fever, diarrhea (which may be bloody), nausea, vomiting and abdominal pain,” the Quaker announcement read. “In rare circumstances, infection with Salmonella can result in the organism getting into the bloodstream and producing more severe illnesses such as arterial infections (i.e., infected aneurysms), endocarditis and arthritis.”