Salmonella Hits 18 States —With CDC Shut Down

About 300 people have been sickened by chicken
By John Johnson,  Newser Staff
Posted Oct 8, 2013 11:45 AM CDT
Salmonella Hits 18 States —With CDC Shut Down
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A salmonella outbreak involving chicken has sickened about 300 people in 18 states, most of them in California, reports the AP. Authorities issued an alert for chicken packaged at one of three Foster Farms operations in California with a USDA mark of P6137, P6137A, or P7632. Here's the fun part: The CDC has a skeletal staff because of the government shutdown. "That means that the lab work and molecular detection that can link far-apart cases and define the size and seriousness of outbreaks are not happening," writes Maryn McKenna at Wired. The government alert is here. (More government shutdown stories.)

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