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Consumer Alert: Salmonella in Dry Fermented Sausage

NEWS RELEASE



Contact:  Jessica Chittenden
          518-457-3136

For Immediate Release

New York, NY - July 19, 2002 - New York State Agriculture Commissioner Nathan L. Rudgers today warned consumers not to consume Dry Fermented Sausage manufactured by Zhang Charn Meat Market Co., Inc., 135-137 Mott Street, New York, New York 10013 because of the presence of Salmonella. Salmonella is an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people and others with weakened immune systems.

Healthy persons infected with Salmonella often experience fever, diarrhea (which may be bloody), nausea, vomiting and abdominal pain. In rare circumstances, infection with Salmonella can result in the organism entering the bloodstream and producing more severe illnesses such as arterial infections (i.e., infected aneurysms), endocarditis and arthritis.

Routine sampling by New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets food inspectors revealed the presence of Salmonella. The Dry Fermented Sausage was sold in the New York City area in uncoded, plastic bags. No illnesses have been reported to date.

Consumer's who have purchased the Dry Fermented Sausage from Zhang Charn Meat Market Co., Inc. should discard it or return it to the point of purchase.

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