Cargill to initiate the third-largest meat recall in history!
The first sickness was in March and the first signs of a salmonella outbreak appeared in May. Two months later, investigators linked the outbreak to ground turkey and a Cargill meat processing plant in Arkansas.
On Wednesday, almost
five months after the first illness, the Agriculture Department asked Minnesota-based
Cargill to recall 36 million pounds of ground turkey, saying the meat was linked to a death in California and at least 77 illnesses.
USDA rules make it harder to investigate and recall salmonella-tainted poultry. Because salmonella is so common in poultry, it is
not illegal for meat to be tainted with the pathogen.
The recall involves fresh and frozen ground turkey products produced at the company's Springdale, Ark., plant from Feb. 20 through Aug. 2.
Please check your freezers for the contaminated products because frozen ground turkey has a long shelf life.
All of the packages recalled include the code
"Est. P-963," according to Cargill, though packages were
labeled under many different brands. Many of the recalled meats are under the label
Honeysuckle White. Other brands include
Riverside Ground Turkey, Natural Lean Ground Turkey, Fit & Active Lean Ground Turkey and Shady Brook Farms Ground Turkey Burgers.
The recall also includes some ground turkey products packaged under the
HEB, Safeway, Kroger, Randall's, Tom Thumb and Giant Eagle grocery store brands or sold at those stores.
Read more:
Ground turkey recall: Why did it take so long? - CBS MoneyWatch.com (http://moneywatch.bnet.com/economic-news/news/ground-turkey-recall-why-did-it-take-so-long/6271756/ - broken link)
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