Testing for Salmonella

A foodborne illness outbreak that began in April 2008 and spread over 43 states, the District of Columbia, and Canada made more than 1,430 people sick and may have led to two deaths. An intensive epidemiological investigation beginning in May by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in collaboration with the Food and Drug Administration, the Indian Health Service, and state public health officials identified the cause of the outbreak as the Saintpaul serotype of Salmonella enterica and …