Giving live animals as Easter gifts has been a long-standing tradition, but there are serious public health and humane concerns. Year after year hundreds of human illnesses and agonizing deaths for baby chicks, ducks and
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This year Kinder Easter treats across the world, including the U.S., have been recalled in response to a Salmonella Typhimurium outbreak in Europe and the United Kingdom.
With eight countries having reported 119 confirmed and
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Giving live animals as Easter gifts has been a tradition for decades, as a child I received a rabbit one Easter and baby chicks the Easter after. And beside my anecdotal evidence of the chicks
Continue Reading Leave the live bunnies, chicks and ducklings out of the basket
More than a fourth of 212 people infected with Salmonella from backyard flocks so far this year are children younger than 5 years old, with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reporting six separate
Continue Reading Backyard flocks spreading Salmonella; 6 outbreaks ongoing
Baby chick season is upon us.
Some say the big question is whether the chicken or the egg came first, but public health pros say a more important question is whether you know the food
Continue Reading Spring chickens have sprung; CDC warns of pathogen dangers
The time of year has arrived for baby chicks and ducklings to hatch out into the world, bringing with them annual warnings to help protect against the risk of Salmonella infection. Every year, multiple outbreaks
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As of Sept. 23, 344 people in 42 states and Puerto Rico have been sickened by one of three outbreak strains of Salmonella linked to contact with live poultry, according to the latest update released
Continue Reading Salmonella Strains Linked to Live Poultry Sicken 344 People in 42 States
At least 251 people in 37 states have become ill with one of three strains of Salmonella in connection with live chicks and ducklings sold by Cincinnati-based Mt. Healthy Hatcheries, according to the U.S. Centers
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At least 126 people have been sickened, according to the latest case count from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of an ongoing Salmonella outbreak linked to live poultry in 26 states. The
Continue Reading 126 Sickened by Salmonella in Live Poultry Outbreak
At least 125 people in 26 states have fallen ill with four different strains of Salmonella linked to live poultry from Mt. Healthy Hatchery in Ohio, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and
Continue Reading Multistate Salmonella Outbreak Linked to Live Poultry Hits 125
