Loading...- A total of nine persons infected with the outbreak strain of Salmonella Heidelberg were reported from Tennessee.
- Two (22%) of nine ill persons were hospitalized, and no deaths were reported.
- All of the ill persons were incarcerated at a single correctional facility located in Tennessee.
- This strain of Salmonella Heidelberg is commonly reported to PulseNet. Twenty-three additional persons infected with this same strain were identified from 15 other states.
- Investigations determined that these ill persons were not related to the outbreak in Tennessee.
- Sources of the infections in these 15 states were not identified.
- Epidemiologic and traceback investigations conducted by Tennessee and federal officials indicated that consumption of Tyson brand mechanically separated chicken was the source of the outbreak of Salmonella Heidelberg infections at the Tennessee correctional facility.
- On January 10, 2014, Tyson Foods, Inc. recalled approximately 33,840 pounds of mechanically separated chicken products that may be contaminated with Salmonella Heidelberg.
- Institutions that purchased recalled chicken products should not serve them.
- The recalled products were not available for consumer purchase in retail stores.
- CDC’s NARMS laboratory conducted antibiotic resistance testing on Salmonella Heidelberg isolates collected from nine ill persons in Tennessee infected with the outbreak strain and one isolate collected from leftover mechanically separated chicken product.
- Of the nine isolates collected from ill persons, two (22%) were multidrug-resistant (defined as resistant to at least one antibiotic in three or more antibiotic classes) and seven (78%) were pansusceptible (susceptible to all antibiotics tested).
- The one isolate collected from leftover mechanically separated chicken product was pansusceptible.
- It is not unusual for raw poultry from any producer to have Salmonella bacteria. CDC and USDA-FSIS recommend institutions follow food safety tips to prevent Salmonella infection from raw poultry produced by any brand.
- This outbreak of Salmonella Heidelberg infections was not related to the multistate outbreak of multidrug-resistant Salmonella Heidelberg infections linked to Foster Farms brand chicken.
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