Foster Farms plant closed due to cockroach infestation
Federal inspectors have halted processing at a Foster Farms processing plant in Livingston, Calif., after the plant was found to have been infested with cockroaches four times over the last five months. The plant was one of three Foster Farms plants in California linked to an outbreak of antibiotic-resistant Salmonella, which has sickened 416 people to date, reports USA Today.
The Oregonianwas the first newspaper to obtain the notice of suspension, which the Food Safety and Inspection Service sent to Foster Farms CEO Ron Foster this week. The letter read, in part: