Happy Hens owner responds to County and FDA test results on salmonella outbreak

JULY. STREAM SAN, California — “It kind of feels like David and Goliath…if you know that story. It feels like we’re up against a giant,” Chloe Nevarez said.

Cases and health response

That’s how Happy Hens Owner Chloe Nevarez feels after genetic testing from county health officials and the Food and Drug Administration linked salmonella linked two of her Ramona henhouses to a recent outbreak back in July.

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The county said the FDA found the strains inside those hen houses matched the strains of 23 people who were infected.

Nevarez said she has been in conversation with the California Department of Public Health, the FDA, and the State Department of Agriculture after the tests were released.

She said they asked her to place a voluntary recall on her eggs and now, she’s questioning how those agencies reached their results.

“To claim guilt on something that we don’t believe is potentially 100 percent accurate is really challenging because like again, we’re incredibly intentional.

Again, we do everything with our heart and soul, I would never put a product out to the world that I would not put on my family’s table,” Nevarez said.