An Arizona-based meat producer recently announced a recall of 6.9 million pounds of various raw, non-intact beef products because of possible contamination with Salmonella Newport — by far the largest beef recall in recent history, and the largest for Salmonella in beef. It was announced in response to an epidemiological investigation that identified 57 cases, from 16 states, with illness onset dates ranging from Aug. 5 to Sept. 6.
The U.S. Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and local health departments worked collaboratively to identify the source of the outbreak. On Sept. 19, investigators recovered the first store receipt potentially linking the contaminated product to a person. Since then, eight additional patients provided receipts or shopper card numbers, which enabled FSIS to trace back the ground beef products to a single beef-processing plant.
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