Source: Coral Beach, FOOD SAFETY NEWS, 11/1/921


An ongoing outbreak of Salmonella infections traced to backyard poultry flocks has now infected 1,135 people across 48 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, according to an update from the CDC. Two deaths have been confirmed but the ages of the victims were not reported. A fourth of the patients have been children younger than 5 years old. Twelve percent of the patients have been children younger than 1 year old, according to an update from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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