date:Aug 22, 2012
Of the 163 people sickened in these outbreaks, 33 percent have been hospitalized. Two outbreak victims - one in Maryland and one in New York - have died, but it is unclear whether their deaths were a result of Salmonella infection or due to other causes.
Over one third (34 percent) of those sickened are children aged 10 or younger.
Mt. Healthy Hatchery is the same company that was linked to illnesses from Salmonella Altona and Salmonella Johannesburg in 2011. Those joint outbreaks sickene