date:Sep 22, 2013
County and state health officials in North Carolina are still investigating a Salmonella outbreak that has sickened more than 50 people and hospitalized five of them following a fundraising barbecue held Sept. 7 at a church in Shelby, NC.
On Thursday, officials said there are now 54 probable Salmonella cases, with 11 confirmed. All but one of the five hospitalized people have been released, according to the latest news reports.
Pastor Garin Hall said that 5,000 people typically attend the annu