Cargill Frozen Turkey Salmonella Alert
Salmonella-tainted ground turkey from Cargill has been recalled from grocery stores but may still be in home freezers of unsuspecting consumers, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said. The CDC's warning and update on the Cargill turkey Salmonella outbreak came 15 days after Cargill's plant in Springdale, Arkansas, recalled 36 million pounds of ground turkey products -- one of the largest meat recalls in U.S. history.
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A total of 111 persons infected with the turkey-borne outbreak strain of Salmonella Heidelberg have been reported. The outbreak strain is resistant to several commonly prescribed antibiotics; this antibiotic resistance may be associated with an increased risk of hospitalization or possible treatment failure in infected individuals. Honeysuckle White ground turkey is the biggest brand name in this outbreak, but there are others to look out for in your freezer. Click here for the complete Cargill Turkey Recall listing.
Eventual Cargill turkey lawsuits will cover victims in Texas, Michigan, Illinois, Ohio, California, Pennsylvania and 24 other states. A public claims center for turkey litigation is available at national food safety law firm PritzkerOlsen, P.A., 1-888-377-8900 (Toll Free) or by submitting your contact information online. Case consultations are free with Salmonella lawyers who have many years of food poisoning litigation experience, including direct experience against Cargill, a multinational corporation with its headquarters within a few miles of the Pritzker Olsen home office in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
America's food industry is increasingly consolidated into the hands of large corporations and holding those companies accountable for producing safe, wholesome food -- free of microscopic bugs that send people to the hospital -- is a vital part of our food safety defense. Plant conditions can be shockingly negligent even in large, modern facilities owned by rich corporations, as experience has shown.
Cargill Springdale, Arkansas, Investigation Results Dated Aug. 18, 2011:
The latest Cargill Salmonella outbreak update by CDC says that the first illnesses began in late February and have infected people ranging in age from less than 1 year to 89 years old. The median age of victims is 21. More than half are male and 37 percent have been hospitalized. In California, a Salmonella death in an elderly woman has created the worst tragedy of this outbreak.
Cultures of five ground turkey samples purchased from five retail locations between March 7 and June 27, 2011, yielded Salmonella Heidelberg with the outbreak strain. Genetic fingerprint patterns from these Salmonella bacteria were added to the CDC national PulseNet database between April 11 and July 12, approximately a month after each sample was collected. Preliminary information indicates that all of these products originated from the same large food-production establishment: Cargill Meat Solutions Corporation in Springdale, Arkansas.
