Foodborne Illness Research

Food is very important for people to live but many people do not know about the dangers in food. Foodborne illness is increasing particularly in the 20th century. The Federal government estimates that there are about 48 million cases of foodborne illness annually that means equivalent of sickening 1 in 6 Americans each year. And each year these illnesses result in an estimated 128,000 hospitalizations and 3,000 deaths (Foodborne Illnesses). The big six of foodborne illness included Salmonella Typhi, Shigella spp, Nontyphoidal Salmonella, Eshcerichia coli (E. coli), Hepatitis A and Norovirus. However, most big foodborne illness outbreak strain was Salmonella in 2013. It occurred by Foster Farms brand chicken. It infected more than 600 people. …show more content…
260 of 350 (74%) ill person interviewed reported consuming chicken prepared at home in the week before becoming ill and 152 of 175 (87%) ill persons reported that they consumed Foster Farms brand Chicken. In addition, 490 ill persons reported in California, they consumed food purchased from the same Costco store location in South San Francisco in the week before they became sick. According to the interview, cooked rotisserie chicken purchased from same store location was linked to the illnesses and shopper card information helped to find that supplied by Foster Farms (Multistate Outbreak). During the outbreak investigation, Public Health Officials collected the leftover chicken. Samples of leftover rotisserie chicken were collected by Public Health from the persons infected with outbreak strains of Salmonella identified during the cluster investigation in South San Francisco. USDA-FSIS also collected sampling of chicken products. USDA-FSIS identified one of the outbreak strains of Salmonella in sample of leftover raw foster Farms chicken in California (Multistate Outbreak). FSIS conducted intensified in facility testing for Salmonella at four Foster Farms production. 6 of 7 outbreak strains of Salmonella were isolated from raw chicken samples collected from the three foster Farms establishments in California. USDA-FSIS issued a Public Health Alert due to concerns that illnesses caused by strains of …show more content…
They also recalled 14,093 units of chicken products in October 17, 2013. On July 3, 2014, Foster Farms recalled an undetermined amount of chicken that may be contaminated with a particular stain of Salmonella. The recall resulted from USDA-FSIS identifying one of the outbreak strains of Salmonella in an intact sample of Foster Farms brand chicken collected in California infected with the same strain. The chicken were packaged with critical labeling information to associate the product with the establishment and a specific production date. The ill person’s family purchased their chicken in March. However, it was stored in the family’s freezer and consumed in late April. CDC and USDA-FSIS are concerned that the recalled chicken could still be in people’s freezers. Consumers should check their freezers for the recalled chicken and should not eat it (Multistate Outbreak).
This Salmonella spread out March 1, 2013 and end of July 11, 2014. However, Foster Farms has implemented and continues to utilize multiple interventions to reduce Salmonella throughout its entire poultry production process. This strategy includes interventions at the breeder level, at hatcheries, at grow-out farms and at the processing plant where the final product is packaged. The interventions have reduced Salmonella prevalence to less than 5 percent. CDC and USDA-FSIS