Read the CDC bulletin for 2013. Nothing new, in fact they expect this type of salmonella outbreak this time of year. It's happened many time before, 630 cases so far, 3/4 in California.
Salmonella Multistate Outbreak of Multidrug-Resistant Salmonella Heidelberg Infections Linked to Foster Farms Brand Chicken Oct 2013 CDC
This is the so-called "stomach flu" I mentioned above.
Interesting to me is that even though we all know meat is unsafe and that US meat cannot even be sold in some other countries, people just continue to chow down.
The situation is getting worse. There are far more instances of food poisoning now than ever before. If Repubs get their way, there will be no regs to force producers to clean up their act.
Does anyone believe that China-owned pork producers care about Americans dying form food poisoning?