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Less than a year after Costco pulled its popular chicken salad from shelves for sickening customers in four states with e. coli, the chain is once again urging anyone who bought the top-selling product to discard it. Food Safety News reports that the pre-made sandwich filling has been linked to salmonella and caused illnesses.
More than a month after the rotisserie chicken salad was sold, it has prompted the U.S.D.A's Food Safety Inspection Service (FSIS) to issue a public warning about the product. Apparently the contaminated salad was only sold from one store in Lynnwood, WA between August 26 and September 2.
"Traceback investigation indicated that three of these case patients consumed rotisserie chicken salad" the public health alert warns. However, no direct tests on the product have tested positive for the strain of salmonella making people sick. But both the company and the USDA are issuing the recall "out of an abundance of caution" and stress that customers should not consume this rotisserie chicken salad but instead to either throw it out or return it to the store.
That's because salmonella can cause diarrhea, abdominal cramps, and fever within 12 to 72 hours after eating the contaminated product. Illness typically lasts four to seven days and most people recover without treatment; however sometimes the diarrhea can be so severe that patients need to be hospitalized. Older adults, infants, and anyone with weakened immune systems are particularly at risk for more severe illness.
