The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says recent outbreaks of salmonella food poisoning are so widespread and involve so many different suppliers that the cause “might be widespread in the chicken industry”
This strain - salmonella infantis - is resistant to some antibiotics and has infected 92 people in 29 states, the CDC said Wednesday, adding that 21 people have been hospitalized but nobody has died.
The DC said it had not yet linked the raw chicken products or live chickens to one lone supplier.
People who got sick reported eating different brands of chicken products purchased from many different locations.
The agency said the outbreak strain had been identified in samples “taken from raw chicken pet food, raw chicken products, and live chickens.”
Canadian supply management means very little U.S. chicken is imported.
