Poultry Plants Linked to Salmonella Outbreak to Remain Open: USDA
Author: Ola Thomas | Category: Health, Uncategorized
Three California poultry processing plants linked to a salmonella outbreak in raw chicken that’s sickened 278 people in 17 states can remain open, the U.S. Agriculture Department says.
The three plants are owned by Foster Farms, which has made “immediate substantive changes to their slaughter and processing to allow for continued operations,” according to the department, the Associated Press reported.
12 Aug 2017
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