Still no Foster Farms recall despite hundreds sickened.
Today the CDC reported a total of 317 individuals infected with the outbreak strains of Salmonella Heidelberg have been reported from 20 states and Puerto Rico linked to Foster Farm’s chicken. Most of the ill persons (73%) have been reported from California. The number of ill persons
Two outbreaks since April 2012.
Will there be a recall with the number of ill has doubled, or will we await deaths?
Today the CDC reported a total of 317 individuals infected with the outbreak strains of Salmonella Heidelberg have been reported from 20 states and Puerto Rico. Most of the ill persons (73%) have
According to Lynne Terry, the Salmonella Lady, the U.S. Department of Agriculture decided Thursday not close three Foster Farms plants, saying the company had made major changes to stem Salmonella contamination.
“Foster Farms has submitted and implemented immediate substantive changes to their slaughter and processing to allow for continued operations,” the USDA said in
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is (finally) threatening to close three California poultry plants operated by Foster Farms blamed for an outbreak of salmonella poisoning that has sickened at least 278 people nationwide.
In a letter sent Monday to Foster Farms, the USDA said sanitary conditions at the facilities were so poor that they
This week the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) issued a public health alert (NOT A RECALL) due to concerns that illness caused by strains of Salmonella Heidelberg are associated with raw chicken products (presumably not ground meat, but whole or cut chicken) produced by Foster Farms at three facilities
Well, we are having yet another Salmonella outbreak linked to birds, this time chickens.
The USDA FSIS has a (oddly termed) “Performance standard” for Salmonella in young chickens at 7.5 percent, and the reality is that what you will find in the store is likely even higher.
Although many consumers know that chicken should be
Since the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is off the job because of the governmental shutdown, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) issued a public health alert due to concerns that illness caused by strains of Salmonella Heidelberg are associated with raw chicken products produced by Foster
According to the Madisonville Kentucky Messenger, state and local health officials confirm the source of a Salmonella outbreak.Health officials say Casa Mexicana, a Madisonville restaurant, has been identified as the source of the illness that’s affected 12 people, hospitalized five, and killed one.Health Department Director
The Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services has confirmed 15 cases of Salmonella poisoning in Hopkins, Webster and Muhlenberg counties.
The outbreak, which was declared in mid-September, has claimed one life and left five people hospitalized. Cabinet officials say the same genetic fingerprint links at least eight regional Salmonella cases.
The Hopkins County Health
Kentucky:
Kentucky press reports, that there have been seven culture confirmed cases of Salmonella in Hopkins County including a death from the illness. Four people have been hospitalized including the person that died, said Hopkins County Health Department Director Denise Beach.
“There are always
