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News just said, Costco doesn't want you to eat their chicken or chicken salad.

qualitygal — Wed, 25 Nov 2015 10:25:29 GMT

The news just said that and people in 7 states have become sick. Just FYI.

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debic — Wed, 25 Nov 2015 11:53:00 GMT

I saw that on the news last night. ecoli.

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MaggieMack — Wed, 25 Nov 2015 12:03:11 GMT

Carton Code: 37719

Montana, Utah, California, Colorado, Missouri, Virginia, and Washington.

Just chicken salad, not chicken.

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deepwaterdotter — Wed, 25 Nov 2015 14:19:13 GMT

Husband and I had sandwiches made from Costco rotisserie chicken yesterday for lunch. We're still kickin' here in Wisconsin.

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June222 — Wed, 25 Nov 2015 16:27:33 GMT

just finished a big plate full of that darn chicken salad...BURP! Awwww now I see a nice juicy law$uit in my future!

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Puzzle Piece — Wed, 25 Nov 2015 16:55:41 GMT

Thanks for the info.

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Hooty — Wed, 25 Nov 2015 20:23:16 GMT

This was just released by Raycom News:

(RNN) - Costco chicken salad is the culprit in a multistate E. coli outbreak, the Centers for Disease Control and Preventionannounced Tuesday.

Nineteen people in seven states have been infected with the outbreak strain, the CDC said. Five have been hospitalized and two developed a form of kidney failure. The affected states are: California, Washington, Montana, Utah, Colorado, Missouri and Virginia.

Epidemiologists said evidence suggests that rotisserie chicken salad sold in Costco Wholesale stores in several states probably caused the outbreak.

The company has removed all remaining rotisserie chicken salad from all Costco stores in the U.S. and stopped production.

Anybody who has bought the product from any Costco store in the U.S. before Nov. 20 should throw it away. Even if some of the chicken salad has been eaten and nobody got sick, throw it away.

The product has a typical three-day shelf life and is labeled “Chicken Salad made with Rotisserie Chicken” with item No. 37719 on the label.

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ladyroxanne — Wed, 25 Nov 2015 20:32:08 GMT

husband buys this all the time. he loves it. not this time, though.

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DiAnne — Wed, 25 Nov 2015 21:04:13 GMT

I will be interested to know what caused this if it is just the chicken salad and not the chicken. I regularly purchase their rotisserie chicken but not the chicken salad because it comes in too large of a quantity for me to use fast enough.

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Kachina624 — Wed, 25 Nov 2015 23:16:16 GMT

I heard on the news today that the strain of e.coli involved in this recall is especially serious as it can cause permanent kidney damage.

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foundinlv — Wed, 25 Nov 2015 23:32:54 GMT

@DiAnne wrote:
I will be interested to know what caused this if it is just the chicken salad and not the chicken. I regularly purchase their rotisserie chicken but not the chicken salad because it comes in too large of a quantity for me to use fast enough.

Since it has happened in so many States, I'm thinking that the rotisserie chickens were cooked in one single location, salads made and then shipped out to those particular stores.

eta: Whole Foods, while not a big box store, ships in many types of salads some of which end up as a selection in their salad bar giving one the impression they were made there. I have asked and told no, they were shipped in from one single location.

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momtochloe — Wed, 25 Nov 2015 23:58:44 GMT

@DiAnne wrote:
I will be interested to know what caused this if it is just the chicken salad and not the chicken. I regularly purchase their rotisserie chicken but not the chicken salad because it comes in too large of a quantity for me to use fast enough.

As this just impacts their chicken salad I would imagine it was either the onions or celery that introduced the e-coli into the food product.

It is my understanding that their rotisserie chickens are not considered a part of this recall at this time.

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ladyroxanne — Thu, 26 Nov 2015 00:03:22 GMT

very smart conculsion. that's what it has to be imo