Vegetable Trays Removed from C-Store After Linked to Salmonella Cases

Vegetable trays made by Del Monte and sold through Kwik Trip convenience stores were removed from sale after being linked to Salmonella cases, 3 in WI and 1 in Minnesota.  The same product sold at Kwik Trip stores last June was linked to a Cyclospora outbreak.  FDA is inspecting the Del Monte facility that produced vegetable trays

FDA Outbreak Investigation
https://www.fda.gov/food/outbreaks-foodborne-illness/outbreak-investigation-salmonella-infantis-linked-del-monte-vegetable-trays-spring-2019
Outbreak Investigation of Salmonella Infantis Linked to Del Monte Vegetable Trays, Spring 2019

FDA inspects Del Monte processing facility, joining state authorities from Wisconsin and Minnesota in an outbreak investigation
 May 22, 2019

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is inspecting the Del Monte facility that produced vegetable trays that the Wisconsin Department of Health Services linked to an outbreak of salmonellosis. The facility is in Kankakee, Illinois.

On May 21, 2019, the Wisconsin Department of Health Services announced that vegetable trays produced by Del Monte Fresh Produce Inc. and sold at Kwik Trip convenience stores in Wisconsin and Minnesota are linked to three illnesses in Wisconsin and one illness in Minnesota.

According to Wisconsin authorities, these patients reported becoming ill between April 13 and April 27, 2019, and Kwik Trip has voluntarily removed all Del Monte vegetable trays from their stores.

The FDA, CDC and state authorities from Wisconsin and Minnesota continue to investigate the cause and source of the outbreak and the distribution of products.

This outbreak is not related to the Cyclospora infections linked to Del Monte vegetable trays in 2018.

Recommendation

The Wisconsin Department of Health Services (WDHS) is warning people not to eat the following products:
•Del Monte Vegetable Tray (containing broccoli, cauliflower, carrots, and dill dip) 6 oz.
•Del Monte Vegetable Tray (containing broccoli, cauliflower, carrots, and dill dip) 12 oz.

Star Tribune
http://www.startribune.com/kwik-trip-veggie-trays-again-linked-to-salmonella/510263522/
Kwik Trip veggie trays sold in Minn., Wis. again linked to salmonella
Associated Press

May 22, 2019 — 10:07am

 MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin-based convenience store chain Kwik Trip has removed some vegetable trays from its stores after several reported illnesses in Wisconsin and Minnesota.

Health officials say the Del Monte vegetable trays, which included broccoli, cauliflower, carrots and dill dip, have been linked to salmonella bacteria. So far, it has sickened three people in Wisconsin and one in Minnesota. Symptoms of salmonellosis are similar to the flu.

The same product sold at Kwik Trip stores last June sickened more than a dozen people in Wisconsin and Minnesota.


Kwik Trip owns more than 600 convenience stores in Wisconsin, Minnesota and Iowa.