USDA: Poultry plants linked to outbreak stay open

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Agriculture Department says three California poultry processing facilities linked to a salmonella outbreak in raw chicken can stay open, for now.

In a statement Thursday, the USDA said Foster Farms, which owns the facilities in Fresno and Livingston, Calif., has made “immediate substantive changes to their slaughter and processing to allow for continued operations.”

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