date:Feb 26, 2014
A total of nine patients in Tennessee were found to have suffered from Salmonella Heidelberg infections after consuming Tyson Foods mechanically separated chicken in January, according to the final outbreak report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
All nine of the patients were inmates at a single correctional facility at the time of the outbreak. Two were hospitalized due to their infections.
Due to the outbreak, on Jan. 10, 2014, Tyson Foods recalled 33,840 pounds of m