Consumer Reports says don't buy Foster Farms Chicken
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Or any of several other brands they supply, including Safeway and Kirkland Signature. Oregon, California, and Washington are the worst affected areas: http://www.oregonlive.com/health/index.s...cart_river

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Stores posted a notice from Foster Farms about the Salmonella outbreak next to packages of raw poultry. The company has not issued a recall.

Excerpt: "Consumer Reports urged the public on Thursday to avoid buying Foster Farms chicken.

The group, which tests food and consumer items, said the public should steer clear of any raw poultry from the company's plants in central California. On Monday, the U.S. Department of Agriculture sent letters to the Foster Farms plants in Fresno and Livingston, saying the company had three days to clean them up.

Tests on chicken parts and whole birds turned up a "high frequency" of Salmonella, the letters said, including strains associated with an outbreak that's sickened at least 280 people in 17 states. Based on a multiplier used by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which assumes that for every known case at least 25 go unreported, the outbreak includes perhaps 7,000 people.

Foster Farms has issued statements, blaming the outbreak on undercooked chicken. It said it's working with federal inspectors to clean up the contamination. It has not issued a recall and the USDA has not ordered one.

Most of the suspect poultry was shipped to Oregon, Washington and California, which has more than 200 cases. Consumer Reports said the chicken was sold under a variety of brands, including Ralphs, Safeway Farms, Simple Truth Organic, O Organics, Eating Right, Kirkland Signature and Open Nature. Consumer Reports said Kroger has pulled all raw chicken products from the plants from its family of stores.

All of the packages from the plants have the following numbers within the USDA mark of inspection: P-6137, P-6137A and P-7632.

Consumers should always be careful handling and cooking raw poultry products. Meat should be double bagged, kept away from other food, chilled and cooked to an internal temperature of 165 degrees."
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Salmonella, That over in Africa, I believe.
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(10-10-2013, 08:50 PM)chuck white Wrote: Salmonella, That over in Africa, I believe.

Salmonella strain was found to be antibiotic resistant in some areas.
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