date:Mar 10, 2014
Foster Farms and Costco Wholesale Corp. face a personal injury lawsuit filed by a Fresno County fire captain who was sickened after eating chicken contaminated with Salmonella Heidelburg, according to a Merced Sun-Star report.
The Merced Sun-Star reported that Robert Jeremiah Wittwer became ill three days before federal public health and food safety agencies alerted consumers about the contaminated chicken products. Wittwer was hospitalized after the infection spread to his spine. He recovered