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Hannaford Salmonella Food Poisoning Investigation
At least 33 people have been sickened by Salmonella-contaminated ground beef sold at Hannaford grocery stores. To date there are people sickened in Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont and Virginia. The contaminated ground beef was processed by Cargill Meat Solutions, a Wyalusing, Pa., establishment, which is now recalling 29,339 pounds of fresh ground beef products due to possible contamination with Salmonella Enteritidis.
The recalled ground beef was produced on May 25, 2012 and sold wholesale to Hannaford Supermarkets and processed for further processing. Although some consumers may have recalled beef in their freezers, the rest has been consumed.
Why did Cargill wait to recall the ground beef until most of it was consumed? The recalled ground beef was produced on May 25, and people began getting sick in early June. What testing, if any, was done on the meat? There are many questions that need to be answered, and Cargill needs to be held accountable for the illnesses suffered by the Salmonella victims.
Federal investigators working with the CDC and state health departments were able to link illnesses in five case-patients to the ground beef products produced at Cargill Meat Solutions based on epidemiological and traceback investigations, as well as in-store reviews. Illness onset dates among these five case-patients ranged from June 6, 2012 to June 13, 2012. Two of the five case-patients were hospitalized. Leftover product with no packaging information collected during the course of this investigation by the Vermont Department of Health tested positive for Salmonella Enteritidis with the outbreak strain.
