In June, two persons from Minnesota developed Salmonella Montevideo after being in contact with baby chicks originating from an Iowa hatchery. In September, seven more people became ill in North Dakota with the same strain of Salmonella Montevideo. A subsequent nationwide investigation identified a total of 65 matching Salmonella Montevideo isolates. Live poultry contact was a risk factor for these illnesses. (In 2009, another outbreak of this same strain of Salmonella Montevideo would be associated with poultry originating from this same Iowa hatchery. See 2009 Outbreak of Salmonella Montevideo Infections Linked to Aggie Jennings' Unlicensed Catering, North Dakota.)

Concurrent with this outbreak there was a separate outbreak of a different strain of Salmonella Montevideo which was also linked to live poultry contact. (See 2007 Multistate Outbreak of Salmonella Montevideo Linked to Live Poultry from New Mexico.)