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Title: Foster Farms Recalls Chicken Linked To Salmonella Outbreak Post by: Nut44x4 on July 05, 2014, 08:15:54 AM Foster Farms Recalls Chicken Linked To Salmonella Outbreak
Posted: 07/04/2014 1:25 am EDT LOS ANGELES (AP) — A California chicken producer has issued its first recall since being linked to an outbreak of an antibiotic-resistant strain of salmonella that has been making people sick for more than a year, company and federal food officials said Thursday night. The U.S. Department of Food and Agriculture said it has found evidence directly linking Foster Farms boneless-skinless chicken breast to a case of Salmonella Heidelberg, an antibiotic-resistant strain of the disease that has sickened more than 500 people in the past 16 months and led to pressure from food safety advocates for federal action against the company. As a result, Foster Farms issued a recall for 170 different chicken products that came from its Fresno facilities in March. The USDA said its investigators first learned of the salmonella case on June 23, and the recall was issued as soon as the direct link was confirmed. The location of the case and identity of the person were not released. Foster Farms says the products have "use or freeze by" dates from March 21 to March 29 and have been distributed to California, Hawaii, Washington, Arizona, Nevada, Idaho, Utah, Oregon and Alaska. MORE ::snipping3:: ::snipping3:: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/04/foster-farms-chicken-recall_n_5557000.html |