Washington (OTL) - Officials at the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) are stressing the urgency to consumers that they cook chicken frozen chicken dinners thoroughly.
This comes after 32 people in 12 different states appeared to have contracted Salmonellosis from eating raw chicken products such as chicken cordon bleu and chicken breast kiev they had cooked in a microwave.
The illnesses were caused by consuming frozen stuffed chicken entrees which were raw.
Those who did not follow the instructions, and used microwaves to cook the chicken ended up being the most likely to get sick.
In the alert, FSIS said they wished to remind consumers of the importance of using a food thermometer (costs about 18 dollars) to check the internal temperature of these chicken products “such that all points of measurement are at least 165 deg F”.
Symptoms of Salmonella include diarrhea, fever, and abdominal cramps 12 to 72 hours after infection and as a rule the symptoms disappear normally within 4 to 7 days and in most cases recovery needs no medical intervention.