The CDC linked flour to the Salmonella outbreak.
ATLANTA — On March 30, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a notice of investigation about Salmonella illnesses that may have resulted from a single, unidentified flour source. The CDC reports that the sole common item consumed by all of the ill patients in the outbreak was flour. There were been reports of 11 cases of the Salmonella strain in 12 states as of the publishing date. There have been no recorded fatalities.
To identify the outbreak’s cause, the US Food and Drug Administration and the CDC are gathering information. Consumers around the country are reminded to abide by the long-standing advice to fully cook any raw wheat products before consuming them, including cake batter and cookie dough.
Using the database PulseNet, public health experts have shown that the “DNA fingerprints,” which are obtained using Whole Gene Sequencing (WGS), of the active Salmonella infections are very identical. Given the strong genetic correlation between the results, it seems likely that eating the same food item caused the infection in those who were afflicted.
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One instance has been verified as of the publishing date in Oregon, California, Nebraska, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, Tennessee, Ohio, Virginia, and New York, among other states. In Illinois, two cases have been verified. On December 6, 2022, news of the first case was confirmed. Because not every connected case leads to hospitalization and testing, the CDC concluded that “the true number of sick people is likely much higher than the number reported.”