Salmonella infection is usually diagnosed by culture of a stool sample. In severe illness, it can sometimes be cultured from other body sources such as blood.

Do not eat any more of these pot pies. If the diarrheal illness is severe, with bloody diarrhea, fever, or symptoms lasting more than three days, you should consult a healthcare provider. Salmonella infection is diagnosed by culture of a stool specimen. Call your local health department as well, as they may wish to investigate your case further.

Until further information is available, CDC and United States Department of Agriculture – Food Safety and Inspection Service (USDA-FSIS) are advising the public to not eat any Banquet pot pies or pot pies made by ConAgra Foods that have a printed product code beginning in “5009” and ending in “P9” or “Est 1059.” Other brands of pot pies made in the ConAgra Foods factory that makes Banquet brand pot pies and sold under other brand names may also be contaminated with Salmonella. These other pot pie boxes also have a printed code beginning in “5009” and ending in “P9” or “Est 1059.” If you have any of these products at home, the safest thing to do is to discard them.

It is not known how Salmonella contaminated these products. An investigation is underway to determine how contamination might have occurred.

CDC is not aware of any human illness associated with brands of pot pies made by ConAgra Foods other than Banquet brand. However, ConAgra Foods has placed a market hold on these products as a precautionary measure.

CDC is not aware of any human illness associated with pot pies made by companies other than ConAgra Foods.