Tyson Foods chicken recall expands to nearly 9 million pounds due to listeria risk
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An already large chicken recall is widening, with Tyson Foods adding more than 450,000 pounds of ready-to-eat poultry products to an existing recall of 8.5 million pounds possibly contaminated with listeria.
Shipped nationwide to retailers, restaurants, schools, hospitals and military bases, the recall involves three dozen fully cooked poultry products such as chicken strips, diced chicken and pizza with chicken, according to a notice posted Thursday by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service. An outbreak related to the bacteria and linked to Tyson products has led to one death in Delaware and sickened two people in Texas, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.Rodeo star Spencer Wright and his wife are making end-of-life preparations for their 3-year-old son after he was found unconscious in a creek, a close family friend said in updates posted on social media and confirmed to CBS affiliate KUTV. The boy had been playing on his tractor before he ended up in the water and a mile downstream.
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