CDC tests for rabies and regional recall follow discovery of deceased chiropteran in partially eaten packet of Fresh Express biological Marketside Spring Mix A dead bat found inside a bagged salad sold at a Florida Walmart has prompted a regional recall and an investigation by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),which has warned Americans not to eat salad from such packages.
Two people discovered the bat after they had already eaten some of the salad in a bag of “biological Marketside Spring Mix”. They alerted authorities, who sent the bat to a CDC rabies lab. The animal’s decayed state prevented a definitive test of whether it had rabies. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com