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Volume 32, Number 8—August 2026

Dispatch

Outbreak of Salmonella enterica Serovar Reading Linked to Dried Bovine Meat, New South Wales, Australia, 2023

Elenor Kerr1, Sophie E. Dwyer1, David S. KennedyComments to Author , Vendula Blaya-Novakova, Anne McIntosh, Patrick Peacock, Basel Suliman, Grace A. Blackwell, Qinning Wang, Vitali Sintchenko, Kirsty Hope, and Isabel Hess
Author affiliation: Sydney Local Health District Public Health Unit, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia (E. Kerr, S.E. Dwyer, D.S. Kennedy, V. Blaya-Novakova, I. Hess); NSW Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development, Sydney (A. McIntosh); National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia (P. Peacock); Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology Laboratory Services, Institute of Clinical Pathology and Medical Research, NSW Health Pathology, Sydney (P. Peacock, B. Suliman, G. Blackwell, Q. Wang, V. Sintchenko); Health Protection NSW, Sydney (K. Hope)

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Table 1

Summary of case numbers by clinical status and food exposures in study of outbreak of Salmonella enterica serovar Reading linked to dried bovine meat, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 2023*

Case category No. cases No. (%) patients
Sought care at ED† Hospitalized Ate at restaurant A Non–restaurant attendees who consumed dried bovine meat Non–restaurant attendees who consumed fresh goat meat
Confirmed 39 20/31 (65) 8/31(26) 20/27‡ (74) 4/7 (57) 3/7 (43)
Possible 24 0/4 0/4 24/24 (100) NA NA
Total 63 20/35 (57) 8/35 (23) 44/51 (86) 4/7 (57) 3/7 (43)

*Data source: Salmonella Reading outbreak line list, Health Protection NSW, Sydney. Extracted on June 5, 2025. ED, emergency department; NA, not applicable. †Emergency department and hospitalization status data were available for 35 cases.
‡Food exposure data for the 7 d before illness onset were available for 27 interviewed confirmed outbreak cases. Restaurant exposure data was available for all possible cases.

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1These first authors contributed equally to this article.

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