On Jul. 26, 2012, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) responded to a multi-state outbreak of salmonella infections associated with raw tuna. This included the Salmonella Bareilly and Salmonella Nchanga strains.

The outbreak began March 4 when the New York State Department of Health notified the CDC’s Outbreak Response Team (ORT) of a cluster of four ill persons infected with Salmonella Bareilly with the same unusual pulsed-field gel electrophoresis pattern.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced finding the outbreak strains of Salmonella Bareilly and Salmonella Nchanga in unopened packages of yellowfin tuna product imported from Moon Marine USA Corporation.