Foster Farms is recalling approximately 148,000 pounds of fully cooked frozen chicken products sold at select Costco clubs for possible contamination, according to an alert posted by the USDA.
Why it matters: The Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service is urging consumers not to eat the Farmerville, Louisiana company's affected frozen, breaded chicken breast patties because they may contain hard clear pieces of plastic.
Influenza is hitting the U.S. harder and earlier this year, data released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Friday shows.
Driving the news: Flu season, which usually starts to pick up in October and peaks between January and February, arrived about six weeks early with particularly high illness in the U.S. South and Southeast, according to the CDC.
