23.11.2011

In August 2011, CDC identified a sustained increase in the number of Salmonella Heidelberg isolates with the outbreak strain reported to PulseNet from New York and New Jersey.
A total of 179 illnesses due to Salmonella Heidelberg with the outbreak pattern were reported from 6 states.
The number of ill persons identified in each state the product is distributed to is as follows: New York (99), New Jersey (61), Pennsylvania (10), Maryland (6), Ohio (2), and Minnesota (1).
Collaborative investigative efforts of state, local, and federal public health and regulatory agencies indicated that a product labeled as “kosher broiled chicken livers” is the source of this outbreak.
Contaminated “kosher broiled chicken livers” is being recalled from grocery stores but may still be in consumers' homes.