Five people struck down with salmonella from eating pies from Pork Pie Shop at Victor Harbor

UPDATED: IT was meant to be a typical tradie pie and iced coffee lunch but ended in a 17-year-old struck down with suspected salmonella poisoning.

The recalled pork pie (left) and the Ascot pies (centre and right).

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IT was meant to be a typical tradie pie and iced coffee lunch but ended in a 17-year-old struck down with suspected salmonella poisoning.

First-year carpentry apprentice Jordan Tomlinson, 17, of Craigmore, has spent the past six days feeling light-headed, vomiting and experiencing diarrhoea after he ate a pork pie made by The Pork Pie Shop at Victor Harbor.

The pies have been linked to five cases of salmonella food poisoning and, of those, four people were admitted to hospital. The pork pies – which contain aspic jelly and sometimes veal – are sold at the south coast bakery and distributed to dozens of supermarkets, delis and butchers across Adelaide.

Mr Tomlinson told The Advertiser he went to the doctor yesterday after hearing about the salmonella reports.

Jordan Tomlinson became sick after eating a pork pie. Picture: NICK CLAYTON.

“I’m originally from England and pork pies are an English thing,” he said.

“I literally started feeling sick, light-headed and dizzy on Friday (after eating the pie at Thursday lunch). (Since then) I’ve had diarrhoea, I threw up dinner on Saturday night and by Tuesday I felt really, really cold and again I had diarrhoea and was throwing up.”

Mr Tomlinson is now waiting for his test results.

“It is really disappointing – I hadn’t had one (a pork pie) in three or four years and I was really excited to enjoy it as a tradie lunch with an iced coffee,” he said.

Three types of pie are linked to the outbreak – a rectangular Ascot pie, a round Ascot pie and a smaller pork pie.

The five confirmed salmonella cases are people aged between 54 and 80.

Authorities are investigating the source of the outbreak. SA Health director of food and controlled drugs Dr Fay Jenkins said The Pork Pie Shop had stopped making the pies until further notice

Dr Jenkins said authorities were working to recall the pies and warned people not to consume the products. “Products from other manufacturers will be safe to consume and there is no reason for people to be concerned,” she said.

The Pork Pie Shop makes about 350 pork pies every week and no other products by the bakery are affected by the recall.

Salmonella can be a serious infection and symptoms include fever, diarrhoea, loss of appetite, headache, stomach cramps, nausea and vomiting.

People can experience symptoms of salmonella infection between 12 and 72 hours after exposure and they can last for three to seven days.

SA Health advises people should see their doctor if symptoms develop.

There have been 471 cases of salmonella in SA this year, compared to 407 cases to the same time last year.

FIVE South Australians have been struck down with salmonella after consuming pork pies made by a South Coast bakery.

The pies — which contain pork, aspic jelly and sometimes veal — were made by the Pork Pie Shop at Victor Harbor and distributed to dozens of supermarkets, delis and butchers across Adelaide, have so far been linked to five cases of salmonella food poisoning.

The five people affected are aged 54 to 80 years of age and of those, four have been hospitalised.

Three types of pie are linked to the outbreak — a rectangular so-called “Ascot” pie, a round Ascot pie and a smaller pork pie.

SA Health director of food and controlled drugs Dr Fay Jenkins confirmed five cases of salmonella have been linked to the products from the manufacturer so far.

“The business has since ceased the manufacturing of both products until further notice and is working to recall the pies,” she said.

“Both the pork pies and Ascot pies are stocked at around 30 businesses including independent supermarkets, delis and butchers across metropolitan Adelaide.

“We are working with the manufacturer to ensure the pies will be removed from supply

from all stockists as soon as possible.”

Dr Jenkins said people should not consume either products.

“As a precaution, SA Health recommends anyone who has pork or Ascot pies in their home to contact the place of purchase to confirm if the product is from The Pork Pie Shop,” she said.

“If so, people should either discard the pie immediately or return it to the place of purchase.

“Products from other manufacturers will be safe to consume and there is no reason for people to be concerned.”

No other products made by The Pork Pie Shop are affected by the recall.

Salmonella can be a serious infection and usually results from ingestion of the bacteria from contaminated food, water or hands.

Symptoms include fever, diarrhoea, loss of appetite, headache, stomach cramps, and nausea and vomiting.

People can experience symptoms of Salmonella infection between 12 and 72 hours after exposure and symptoms can last for three to seven days and if symptoms develop, SA Health advises people should see their doctor.

So far this year, there have been 471 cases of salmonella compared to 407 cases at the same time last year.

Have you been sick from eating one of these pies? If so, please contact our Health Reporter Katrina Stokes on [e-mail] or call 8206 2877