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the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Wednesday it warned that one person has died and 13 others have been hospitalized due to a listeria outbreak linked to deli meats and cheeses.
The outbreak, which has infected a total of 16 people so far, has been detected in Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey, Maryland, Illinois and California, according to the latest update from the CDC.
Seven of the 16 illnesses were found in New York, according to CDC data.
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However, officials warned that the current number of sick people it is likely to be higher than reported and that the outbreak may not be limited to the aforementioned states.
So far, meat and cheese purchased from deli counters in several states “are believed to be the likely sources of this outbreak,” according to the CDC. Federal health officials say deli meats and cheese are known sources of listeria illnesses.
The CDC said it is difficult to identify a single food in an outbreak related to deli meats and cheeses due to the fact that the bacteria spread “easily between foods and the environment of the deli meat and can persist for a long time in display cases and on equipment.” .”
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A dozen people have already been interviewed by local public health officials. Eleven of them reported eating meat or cheese from deli counters.
Five of the seven people who got sick in new york they told health officials they bought sliced deli meats or cheese from at least one location of the NetCost Market supermarket chain.
US health officials said at least one death is linked to an outbreak of listeria food poisoning associated with deli meats and sliced cheeses that has sickened 16 people in six states, including 13 who were hospitalized. (Elizabeth White/CDC via AP, File/AP Newsroom)
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However, “researchers do not believe that NetCost Market delis are the only source of illness because some ill people in the outbreak did not shop at a NetCost Market,” the CDC said, adding that “contaminated food likely introduced the strain of the outbreak of Listeria in delicatessens in several states”.
Older people, people who are pregnant and those with weakened immune systems are at higher risk for severe illness, according to the CDC.
Healthy people can experience mild symptoms of food poisoning, including diarrhea and fever, officials said.
