cutting boards, knives. clean the knife, take the knife, put it away. don t use the same thing, but that hasn t been enough. the precautions. people didn t know this was coming in. if they do exactly what you both mentioned, cross contamination is a big deal. making sure you really cook your food to 165 degrees is really important. that s going to get rid of most of the salmonella. and the bigger news is there has been no deaths. i don t want people to panic. we re a little panics, but i want to ask you this question, if you get salmonella poisoning and get through it, get hydra d hydrated, get whatever you need to clean your gut afterwards, could it have lasting effects? i didn t know you were going to ask this. sometimes i like to spring it on you. i love it and you ll be impressed. there s something called writer s syndrome. for people who have had salmonella, and very rare, they can go on to have symptoms of
another casualty of the federal government shutdown concerns your health and your safety. the shutdown has now affected the response to a sal none nell la outbreak that s linked to raw chicken and proving to be resistant from antibiotics. that story from cnn s brian todd. reporter: nearly 300 people made ill from salmonella poisoning, primarily on the west coast. the source traced to raw chicken products from three california plants run by a company called foster farms. the inspectors from those products are from the u.s. department of agriculture. are they sitting at home? could this outbreak have started box of the government shutdown? the shutdown has not impacted usda s food safety inspection to any major degree. the vast majority of inspection personnel are still working because congress has generally viewed their function as a necessity. reporter: and according to a you usda official the investigation into this outbreak started before the government
california are the likely source of the outbreak. the advocates warned about this kind of problem when the government shutdown last week and the cdc is also operating with fewer staff. they actually call people back to help deal with this problem. doctor marty mccleary is a professor of public health at johns hopkins. the shutdown did not cause, just to be clear, the salmonella to emerge and they think it was tied back several months, perhaps another outbreak a year ago was tied to it. what is the goal of the government and how important is this? we rely on the government to pass on medical information. when there is an outbreak, we don t have individuals that go out and inspect them look of the bacteria under the microscope. what we re learning is that this is actually different strains that are resistant to some of the common antibiotics that we use out there to treat salmonella poisoning.
just digging in? guess who else the president pointed to in his conference today? cnn s own newt gingrich. he ll fire right back. plus, tainted chicken. hundreds of people are sick from salmonella poisoning. are there enough federal inspector does protect the food supply as the government shutdown drags on. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. all day long, it s been a battle of news conferences and sound bites. president obama, house speaker john boehner, members of congress all making their cases to the cameras. but most americans would prefer they talk to one another, end the shutdown and avoid defaulting on america s debt. is there any hope of that happening soon?
salmonella poisoning when they ate cucumbers from mexico. they are offer the market until suppliers fix the problem. ahead, finger pointing in the wake of the boston marathon terror attack. politicians and media personalities going too far? you re watching starting point. [ thunder crashes ]