Food mix recalled over E. coli; 19 sick

Cars fill the parking lot of a Costco store, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2015, in Seattle. Health authorities say chicken salad from Costco has been linked to at least one case of E. coli in Washington state.
Cars fill the parking lot of a Costco store, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2015, in Seattle. Health authorities say chicken salad from Costco has been linked to at least one case of E. coli in Washington state.

SAN FRANCISCO -- A California farm is recalling a vegetable mix believed to be the source of E. coli in Costco chicken salad, the Food and Drug Administration said Thursday.

The vegetable mix has been linked to an outbreak that has sickened 19 people in seven states.

Taylor Farms Pacific Inc. of Tracy, Calif., has recalled a mix of diced celery and onion used in Costco chicken salad and other foods containing celery "out of an abundance of caution," the FDA said in a statement.

The foods range from Thai-style salads to packaged dinners and wraps, and they are sold at Costco, Target, Starbucks and many other outlets, the FDA said. Costco pulled the chicken salad off store shelves nationwide.

Six people got sick in Montana, five in Utah, four in Colorado, and one each in California, Missouri, Virginia and Washington state.

The illness reports began Oct. 6.

Health officials urged people who bought chicken salad at any U.S. Costco store on or before Nov. 20 to throw it away.

A Section on 11/27/2015

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