Costco is reminding consumers that fresh chicken products sold under the Foster Farms and Kirkland brand produced in March are being recalled for Salmonella contamination. The products are linked to a huge nationwide outbreak that has been ongoing since March 2013. The recalled items have “use or freeze by” dates ranging from March 17, 2014 … Read more
A new study at UC-Davis has identified many risky practices of consumers in their homes. The study looked at the preparation of raw poultry. The two most common mistakes were cross contamination and insufficient cooking. Christine Bruhn, director of the Center for consumer research at the university, who authored the study said in a statement, … Read more
A Salmonella illness has prompted a Foster Farms recall of boneless, skinless chicken breast produced in March. The limited recall, which now only applies to products consumers may have frozen, is the only recall the company has issued in the 10 months since it was first linked to a Salmonella outbreak that had sickened at least 574 … Read more
The Foster Farms Salmonella outbreak has expanded to include 574 people in 27 states and Puerto Rico, according to the latest update from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). That’s an increase of 50 cases since the last update on April 9 or, about eight new cases each week. The outbreak strains of … Read more
The first of two Salmonella outbreaks linked to Foster Farms chicken during 2013 was announced by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) one year ago this weekend. The outbreak sickened 134 people in 13 states, 33 people were hospitalized. Most of those sickened, 71 percent, told health investigators that they had eaten Foster … Read more
A Foster Farms plant associated with a Salmonella outbreak that sickened more than 400 people reopened today after a brief closure. The plant in Livingston, CA resumed operations this morning. The plant, one of three Foster Farms facilities associated with a Salmonella Heidelberg outbreak that sickened at least 430 people in 23 states and Puerto … Read more
The Foster Farms Salmonella outbreak sickened 430 people in 23 states and Puerto Rico before ending, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). While the outbreak appears to be over, the investigation of the company and the conditions at the associated processing plants continues and the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and … Read more
More than 30 environmental, animal welfare, health, food safety, and consumer organizations have sent a letter to Foster Farms, asking that corporation to adopt stewardship practices for raising healthier chicken. That company has been linked to two large Salmonella outbreaks in the last year that have sickened thousands of people across the country. The current … Read more
Foster Farms says its plant in Livingston, CA that was closed January 8 by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) for cockroach infestation was cleared by the USDA to reopen January 11, but on January 12 the company announced it was voluntarily closing the plant to “further expand its USDA-approved safe manufacturing procedures and monitoring … Read more
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA’s) closure of a Foster Farms plant in Livingston, CA this week is “long overdue,” say Congresswomen Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) and Louise Slaughter (D-NY). The plant is one of three that have been linked to a multi-state Salmonella outbreak that has sickened more than 400 people since October, but it … Read more