Charcuterie Products Sold at Sam’s Club, Costco Recalled Due to Salmonella

If you’ve recently bought charcuterie products from Costco or Sam’s Club, you may want to take a peek at your purchases. The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service recently issued a public health alert for ready-to-eat charcuterie meats found in some Busseto brand Charcuterie Samplers and Fratelli Beretta brand Antipasto Gran Beretta. The charcuterie is linked to a salmonella outbreak that has sickened 47 people across 22 states thus far.

The Fratelli Beretta brand Antipasto Gran Beretta was sold at Costco in a 24-oz. twin-pack (two 12-oz. trays), while the Busseto brand Charcuterie Sampler was sold at Sam's Club in an 18-oz. twin-pack (two 9-oz. trays). Per the alert, any lot code associated with either product is potentially contaminated. Additionally, the recalled items bear establishment number "EST. 7543B" and/or "EST. #47967" inside the USDA mark of inspection or printed on the package. Product label images can be found here.

While the recalled products are no longer available for purchase at Costco and Sam's Club, respectively, the FSIS is concerned that some of the items may be in consumers' refrigerators. Shoppers who have purchased these products are urged not to consume them. Instead, these items should be immediately thrown away or returned to the place of purchase. If these items were in your refrigerator, go ahead and wash surfaces and containers that may have touched these products using hot soapy water or a dishwasher.

The FSIS previously initiated a recall for the Busseto Foods Charcuterie Sampler earlier this month after a sample collected by the Minnesota Department of Agriculture tested positive for salmonella. 

Currently, the FSIS is working with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to investigate a multi-state salmonella outbreak linked to both of these products. Per the CDC, the outbreak has sickened 47 people in 22 states, including Ohio, Texas, and New York. An estimated 23 of the illnesses are new, though the onset dates currently range from November 20, 2023, through January 1, 2024. 

As noted by the FDA, 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. Side effects for those infected with salmonella include fever, diarrhea (which may be bloody), nausea, vomiting, and abdominal pain.

In rare circumstances, infection with salmonella can result in the organism getting into the bloodstream and producing more severe illnesses such as arterial infections (i.e., infected aneurysms), endocarditis, and arthritis.