US chicken dinner warning

The United States Government is urging consumers to thoroughly cook frozen chicken dinners after 32 people in 12 states became ill with salmonella poisoning.

The health warning cited frozen dishes in which the chicken is raw, but breaded or pre-browned, giving the appearance of being cooked.

Many of the people who became ill microwaved the chicken dishes even though the instructions did not provide for it.

Microwaving didn't heat the meals enough to kill the salmonella.