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National News See other National News Articles Title: Poultry Giants Sold Tens of Thousands of Meat Products That Contained Life-Threatening Bacteria Between 2015 and 2020, U.S. companies — including poultry giants Perdue, Pilgrim’s Pride, Tyson, Foster Farms and Koch Foods — sold tens of thousands of meat products contaminated with campylobacter and salmonella, according to government sampling records obtained by the Bureau of Investigative JouJoanne Canda-Alvarez found her 9-year-old son splayed out on his bedroom floor, unable to move and foaming at the mouth. The day before, Jayven had been playing golf with his family. Now he was completely paralyzed by the sudden onset of a rare autoimmune disease that doctors linked to campylobacter, a bacteria mainly found in poultry products. Canda-Alvarez and her husband did not know whether their son would survive — he was on a ventilator in hospital and unable to even speak. But his mother could see how scared he was. “I could tell it in his eyes,” she said. Nearly four years after falling sick, Jayven still struggles to control his hands and his right foot, a result of lasting nerve damage. “Nobody has an answer to if he’ll ever recover fully — if his body will ever be the same,” said his mother. Campylobacter is America’s biggest cause of foodborne illness, just ahead of salmonella. Both are potentially fatal. Yet between 2015 and 2020, U.S. companies — including the poultry giants Perdue, Pilgrim’s Pride, Tyson, Foster Farms and Koch Foods — sold tens of thousands of meat products contaminated with campylobacter and salmonella, according to government sampling records obtained by the Bureau of Investigative Journalism. BUY TODAY: Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.'s New Book — 'The Real Anthony Fauci' More than half of these were contaminated with antibiotic-resistant strains — a rapidly escalating issue that can be exacerbated by poor hygiene conditions. The poultry companies supply major grocery stores and fast-food chains. Tyson has supplied chicken to McDonald’s, Perdue has sold to Whole Foods and both have supplied Walmart. Poster Comment: Lucky me. I don't eat meat not that I could afford it. Post Comment Private Reply Ignore Thread Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/Latest
#1. To: Horse (#0)
In Chicago, there was an outbreak of salmonella that was traced back to Jewel Food stores. The joke going around at the time was Sammy Davis, Jr. and Ella Fitzgerald were going to buy out Jewel Tea and rename it Sam and Ella's. ROTFLOL "When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one." Edmund Burke
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