The El Camino Real store in San Francisco is recalling an additional 14,093 units of rotisserie chicken products that may be contaminated with a strain of Salmonella.
Beyond Meat offered a facility transparency challenge to large-scale poultry processors, in light of the recent disclosure about Salmonella in chickens distributed in California, Oregon and Washington.
This recall was initiated due to concerns about a group of Salmonella Heidelberg illnesses that may be associated with the consumption of rotisserie chicken products prepared in and purchased at the Costco El Camino Real store.
So far, 2013 has been both a good and bad year for food safety. The good: We have made many advances, laboratory tests are getting faster and more accurate, food-safety programs are becoming more robust, and we have learned a lot about Salmonella and are realizing the true challenge it presents.