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Background: Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica serovar Uganda (antigenic formula: 3,{10},{15}:1,z₁₃:1,5) is a Group O:3,10 (E1) serovar.  In US, human infections caused by serovar Uganda are uncommon. Between 1993 and 2000, an average of only 48 human cases were reported annually.

NCBI PD link for serovar Uganda: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pathogens/isolates/#(taxgroup_name:%22Salmonella%20enterica%22)%20AND%20computed_types:(%22serotype=Uganda%22)

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¹ This recall was caused by a outbreak described above. Stallings Head Cheese Co., Inc., a Houston, Texas establishment, issued a recall of 4,700 pounds of their hog head cheese.

Relevant links:

1. https://web.archive.org/web/20040606215720/http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dbmd/phlisdata/salmonella.htm#2001
2. https://www.cdc.gov/salmonella/outbreaks/uganda-01-22/investigation.html
3. https://archive.cdc.gov/www_cdc_gov/salmonella/uganda-06-19/index.html
4. https://www.marlerblog.com/case-news/salmonella-uganda-outbreak-linked-to-head-cheese-in-louisiana/#:~:text=Illness%20onset%20dates%20among%20the,20%202013%E2%80%B3on%20each%20package.
5. https://outbreakdatabase.com/outbreaks/2011-multistate-outbreak-of-salmonella-uganda-infections-linked-to-cantaloupe
6. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3320290/
7. https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/rasff-window/screen/notification/580204
8. https://aem.asm.org/content/aem/77/5/1783.full.pdf
9. https://reader.elsevier.com/reader/sd/pii/S0168160516300216?token=113AE6BF7CAC8A11FE45FF848710C9AC652BECF05168C34F55BFD6B193282DAA67A224183A6F4C9999A373FC4B875CCD