Salmonella Outbreak in 18 States Linked to Foster Farms Chicken
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is issuing a public health alert due to concerns that illness caused by strains of Salmonella Heidelberg are associated with raw chicken products produced by Foster Farms at three facilities in California.
At this point in the investigation, FSIS said it is unable to link the illnesses to a specific product and a specific production period. Raw products from the facilities in question bear one of the following establishment numbers inside a USDA mark of inspection or elsewhere on the package: “P6137”, “P6137A”, or “P7632”.