date:Oct 09, 2013
USDAs Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) issued a public health alert Monday after an estimated 278 illnesses in 18 states caused by Salmonella Heidelberg were linked to raw chicken produced at three Foster Farms facilities in California.
FSIS said while the illnesses had not been been linked to a specific product or production period, raw chicken from the companys California facilities bear one of the these establishment numbers inside a USDA mark of inspection or elsewhere on the packa