Costco Salmonella Outbreak

According to Natural News:

A San Francisco Costco store has recalled 40,000 pounds of cooked rotisserie chicken products due to confirmed SalmonellaHeidelberg contamination. Salmonella Heidelberg is an antibiotic-resistant strain that poses a life-threatening risk to those with weakened immune systems, including the elderly, kids and people with cancer or HIV. At least one cooked rotisserie chicken tested positive for the salmonella bacteria, leading the store to issue a recall for 8,730 rotisserie chickens and 313 units of soup, leg quarters and salad possibly containing salmonella. An expected 18-20 customers have reported illness directly linked to the contaminated chicken sold between September 11 and September 23.

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This recall is being linked to the Foster Farms antibiotic-resistant salmonella outbreak which caused The Kroger Co. to remove Foster Farms brand raw chicken from six of their grocery store chains in Nevada and New Mexico earlier this month. Despite consumer pressure, Foster Farms has refused to issue a voluntary recall, claiming that their chicken meets USDA standards, and reminded consumers that contaminated chicken is safe to eat when handled properly and cooked to an internal temperature of 165 degrees. The USDA has issued supportive statements.

I worked for a super market that cooked rotisserie chickens in high school, they were gross.  It would not surprise me if one of these workers didn't wash their hands or used the same gloves to remove the chickens after they were cooked.  So yeah, cooking them would have killed the Salmonella, but if some idiot didn't wash his hands and he had some bacteria on them from preparing the chickens...

You get the idea.  As for the company that supplied the chicken, talk about classy.  Of course your chicken meets USDA standard, they barely have any!  Don't worry just cook that salmonella away... forget about the fact that it most likely spread to your chopping board and counter tops and if you just so happen to cook the chicken to 155 degrees you still might get sick.  The USDA says it is all okay, and the Government wouldn't lie to us, would they?