5 things to know about salmonella in chicken

[unhappycamper]

http://gazette.com/5-things-to-know-about-salmonella-in-chicken/article/feed/123065



5 things to know about salmonella in chicken
Associated Press Updated: May 29, 2014 at 2:45 am

WASHINGTON (AP) — Hundreds — maybe thousands — of antibiotic-resistant salmonella illnesses are linked to a California chicken producer. The outbreak has been going on for over a year, and none of the company's products have been recalled.

The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says there were 50 new reported illnesses linked to Foster Farms of Livingston, California, in the past two months, bringing the total number of cases to 574. Most of the illnesses were in California.

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A HISTORY OF OUTBREAKS

Dealing with outbreaks is nothing new for Foster Farms. The company was linked to salmonella illnesses in 2004 and then again in 2012, before the current outbreak, which started in 2013.

In a letter from the USDA to Foster Farms last October, the department said inspectors had documented "fecal material on carcasses" along with "poor sanitary dressing practices, insanitary food contact surfaces, insanitary nonfood contact surfaces and direct product contamination."

[OnlinePoker]

1. Don't kiss your chickens

I'm not being flippant, either. This is in the Investigation of the Outbreak portion at the CDC link below: "Many ill persons in this outbreak reported bringing the live poultry into their homes, and others reported kissing or cuddling with the live poultry."

http://www.cdc.gov/salmonella/live-poultry-05-14/index.html