Cargill Turkey Lawsuit Swirling During Reopening of Plant in Arkansas
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Cargill turkey lawsuits are swirling as the company reopens its turkey grinding operation at the plant in Springdale, Arkansas. When federal health officials linked the factory to a nationwide outbreak of Salmonella Heidelberg, Cargill shut it down on August 3 and recalled 36 million pounds of ground turkey.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), at least 107 people in 31 states have been sickened in the outbreak, which began in February. One person, a woman from California, has died. The states hardest hit by the outbreak include Texas, California, Michigan, Ohio, Illinois and Pennsylvania
National food safety law firm PritzkerOlsen, P.A., has established a public claims center for at least one Cargill turkey lawsuit and has been in contact with victims. The outbreak strain of Salmonella Heidelberg has proven resistant to commonly prescribed antibiotics, complicating the medical community's response. The added expense and prolonged pain and suffering will go into calculations for damages that must be paid by Cargill to victims of this outbreak. Salmonella lawyers at Pritzker Olsen are accepting cases at 1-888-377-8900 (Toll Free) or will respond to your contact information submitted via the web.
News reporter Mike Hughlett of the Star Tribune reported today that Minnesota-based Cargill restarted limited production of a ground turkey product that had been subject to recall. Production resumed after the addition of new safety measures approved by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, a Cargill spokesman told the newspaper. They included intensifying anti-bacterial washing of birds during processing.
Pritzker Olsen attorneys have been investigating conditions at the plant and whether Cargill was adhering to proper food safety controls.
