USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) issues a public health alert for meat and poultry products containing FDA-regulated dairy ingredients that may be contaminated with salmonella.
FSIS expects additional downstream products to be identified as this recall progresses. FSIS will update this public health alert as more information becomes available.
A list of products subject to public health alerts can be found here, including information such as facility number and state in which the product was distributed. The label can be found here.
The problem was discovered when FSIS was notified that the agency had received FDA-regulated ingredients manufactured from recalled powdered milk from several FSIS-regulated facilities.
FSIS is concerned that some of the products may be in consumers’ or retailers’ refrigerators or freezers. Consumers who have purchased the product in question are advised not to consume the product. Retailers who purchased the product are advised not to offer or sell the product. These products must be discarded or returned to the place of purchase.
About salmonella infection
Food contaminated with salmonella typically does not look, smell or taste spoiled. Anyone can get sick from a salmonella infection. Infants, young children, the elderly, and people with weakened immune systems are at higher risk for serious illness because their immune systems are weaker.
Anyone who consumes the recalled product and develops symptoms of salmonella infection should seek medical attention. Because special tests are needed to diagnose salmonellosis, sick people should tell their doctors about possible exposure to salmonella. Salmonella infection symptoms can be similar to other illnesses and often lead to misdiagnosis.
Symptoms of salmonella infection may include diarrhea, abdominal cramps, and fever within 12 to 72 hours after eating contaminated food. Otherwise healthy adults usually become sick for 4 to 7 days. However, in some cases, diarrhea may be so severe that hospitalization may be necessary.
People with weakened immune systems, such as older people, children, pregnant women, and people with cancer, are more likely to develop serious and sometimes life-threatening conditions.
Some people become infected without feeling sick or showing any symptoms. However, they can still spread the infection to other people.
