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# CDC: More Salmonella Cases Traced to Turtles
- URL: https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2012/10/cdc-more-salmonella-cases-traced-to-turtles/
- Published: 2012-10-21T03:38:22.000Z
- Updated: 2018-07-30T22:04:08.000Z
- Author: News Desk
- Tags: Foodborne Illness Outbreaks, Salmonella outbreak, turtles, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2025-11-25 08:58

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Friday that 219 residents of 34 states had become ill with one of 3 outbreak strains of Salmonella in an outbreak traced to tiny turtles. The outbreak strains are Salmonella Sandiego, Salmonella Pomona and Salmonella Poona.

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Small turtles are a well-known source of human Salmonella infections, especially among young children. The Food and Drug Administration has banned the sale and distribution of tiny turtles–turtles with a shell length of less than 4 inches–since 1975\. According to the CDC, 36 Salmonella case-patients have been hospitalized. Sixty-six percent of Salmonella case-patients are children 10 years of age or younger, and 49% are persons of Hispanic ethnicity.