Multistate Outbreak of Salmonella Linked to Foster Farms
On February 14th, CDC released a report announcing its collaboration with various state and locoal public health officials and the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (USDA-FSIS) to investigate a multistate outbreak of Salmonella Heidelberg infections.
Since last June, 124 people in 12 states have been infected with the illness. Most of the cases have been reported from two states, Washington (56) and Oregon (38). At this time, CDC is not releasing the names of the other states until it is determined how these illnesses are linked to this outbreak.