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Epidemiologic Notes and Reports Salmonellosis Outbreaks
associated with Commercial Frozen Pasta --
Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York
Outbreaks of Salmonella group D infections in New York, New
Jersey, and Massachusetts have been associated with frozen pasta
foods
made by Rotanelli Foods, Inc. of New Rochelle, New York. S.
enteritidis (group D) and S. heidelberg (group B) have been
isolated
from implicated products. These products are distributed to
restaurants, caterers, institutions, and retail stores throughout
the
United States. A voluntary recall has begun. Questions about
product
distribution should be referred to the U.S. Food and Drug
Administration District Offices. Associated outbreaks should be
reported to the appropriate state health department and to Enteric
Diseases Branch, Division of Bacterial Diseases, Center for
Infectious
Diseases, CDC.
Reported by GF Grady, MD, State Epidemiologist, Massachusetts Dept
of
Public Health; WE Parkin, DVM, New Jersey State Dept of Health; DL
Morse, MD, New York State Dept of Health; Div of Emergency and
Epidemiological Operations, US Food and Drug Administration;
Enteric
Diseases Br, Div of Bacterial Diseases, Center for Infectious
Diseases, CDC.
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