State health officials are reminding consumers to thoroughly cook raw chicken after a nationwide Salmonella outbreak is linked to undercooked products Wisconsin cases are part of a multistate Salmonella outbreak that has caused 32 illnesses in 12 states. The USDA Inspection Service has alerted consumers that raw, frozen, breaded and pre-browned stuffed chicken entrees such as chicken cordon blue and chicken kiev may appear to be precooked, but are not. Stephanie Marquis with the Wisconsin Division of Public Health says since August, four Wisconsin residents have had laboratory-confirmed Salmonella infections that match the DNA fingerprints of the national outbreak strain.
