CDC links 401 illnesses to Conagra recall
Posted November 27, 2008 10:00 pm
OMAHA, Neb. -- Federal investigators have linked 401 salmonella illnesses to the Banquet pot pies ConAgra Foods Inc. recalled last year.
The Federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a final report this week on the fall 2007 outbreak and recall.
The CDC says 401 cases of salmonella in 41 states have now been linked to the pot pies made by ConAgra. No deaths were reported but nearly one-third of everyone who became ill had to be hospitalized.
The CDC says investigators estimate that for every confirmed case of salmonella another 38 cases are not detected. So the actual number of people who became ill after eating Banquet pot pies may be much higher than 401.
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