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Foster Farms Issues Recall on Chicken Products Linked to Salmonella Case

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Getty 070314 FosterFarms?  SQUARESPACE CACHEVERSION=1404451935969ROBYN BECK/AFP/Getty Images(LIVINGSTON, Calif.) — Foster Farms has recalled a number of chicken products after they were linked to a specific strain of salmonella that has caused hundreds of people to fall ill since October 2013.

The recall was announced by both Foster Farms and the U.S. Department of Agriculture on Thursday. More than 100 different products were impacted by the recall, with the total amount of chicken undetermined.

Foster Farms says the affected products were produced in March and have a “use or freeze by” date between March 21 and March 29. The products were distributed to California, Hawaii, Washington, Arizona, Nevada, Idaho, Utah, Oregon and Alaska.

The Foster Farms chicken was linked to a single case of Salmonella Heidelberg in California. The patient is believed to have fallen ill in May. The case is part of the ongoing outbreak that remains investigation by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and other agencies. Prior to the patient in California, there had been no link between the outbreak and a particular product or production lot, the USDA said.





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