There has been an outbreak of hospitalizations due to a Salmonella Outbreak that has been tied to Foster Farms Chicken. There have been a total of about 300 people that have reported sickness and almost 50% have been hospitalized. There are 3 specific numbers that you will want to check if you have any packages of Foster Farms Chicken. Below is an excerpt from the article that spells out the details.

At least seven different strains of Salmonella Heidelberg have been tied to the outbreak, which led CDC officials on Tuesday to recall 30 staffers, including 10 who work for the agency’s PulseNet team, which monitors the electronic fingerprint of dangerous foodborne bugs. They’d been on furlough because of a government shutdown stretching into its second week.

The agency’s Food Safety and Inspection Service has been unable to identify specific products or a specific production period for the potentially tainted chicken, but said that affected meat bears one of three establishment numbers inside a USDA inspection mark or elsewhere on the package.
The numbers are P6137, P6137A and P7632…. The Chicken was distributed to retail outlets mainly in California, Oregon and Washington, but illnesses have been reported in 18 states. Those include Alaska, Arkansas, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Michigan, North Carolina, Nevada, Oregon, Texas, Utah, Washington and Wisconsin.

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