Alert: Foster Farms chicken sickens nearly 300 with salmonella in 18 states -

[dixiegrrrrl]

Foster Farms raw chicken products made at three California sites may have sickened nearly 300 people in 18 states, according to a public health alert issued Monday by U.S. Department of Agriculture officials.

At least 278 illnesses caused by salmonella Heidelberg linked to the chicken brand have been reported, mostly in California, according to the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service. The products were distributed mainly to outlets in California, Oregon and Washington state.
the products bear one of three establishment numbers inside a USDA mark of inspection or elsewhere on the package. The numbers are: P6137, P6137A and P7632.

The outbreak is ongoing, FSIS officials said in a statement. No recalls for specific chicken products have been issued.

http://www.nbcnews.com/health/foster-farms-chicken-sickens-nearly-300-salmonella-8C11353220

[indepat]

1. Comforting to know inspection of the nation's food supply in the interest of public health

is not an essential service of government.

[Junkdrawer]

6. We don't need no steeking USDA.....n/t

[grasswire]

2. oboy -- had some on Sunday

Would I be sick already?

[Brother Buzz]

5. You'd have felt like you were dying before the sun came up

Salmonella poisoning is nasty.

[REP]

7. 12 to 36 hours

Starts with feeling queasy, then nauseous ... then both ends become active simultaneously. Been there, done that.

[NOLALady]

3. I had chicken last night.

I woke up with stomach cramps and started throwing up.

Maybe a coincidence? I don't know if it was Foster Farms chicken. I also don't know why I was sick.

[Zorra]

4. Doesn't Foster Farms supply chicken to Chick-fil-a in California? I read somewhere that they

did, can't remember where I read it.

[Luminous Animal]

8. Ya get what you pay for

I wouldn't eat a foster farm chicken if it walked into my door, laid its neck down on my paper cutter and delivered the death blow to itself.

[spanone]

9. republicans would gladly do away with what little regulation we still have.

cause that pesky gubmint stifles these poor defenseless corporations

[meti57b]

10. oh crap! I just bought some FF chicken!.........

I don't think I'll eat it even if it does not have one of those numbers.

[NuclearDem]

11. Reason 1736252 I'm vegan.

[mindwalker_i]

12. Talk about fowling the nest

[Jim Warren]

13. or

the birds coming home to roost.