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Salmonella Outbreak: Cargill Recalls 36 Million Pounds of Ground Turkey

Posted by Ole & Shaina Olmanson on August 3rd, 2011 at 11:40 pm

salmonella recall cargill ground turkey Salmonella Outbreak: Cargill Recalls 36 Million Pounds of Ground Turkey
Following news of the CDC investigation into the Salmonella Heidelberg outbreak that started back in March and had 78 reported illnesses across 26 states, Cargill voluntarily recalled 36 million pounds of ground turkey on Wednesday, August 3rd.

The meat company released a statement saying they had suspended ground turkey production at the Springdale, Arkansas plant until they could determine the source and take corrective actions, as well as recalled the ground turkey produced at the plant between February 20, 2011 and August 2, 2011.

The USDA stated that packages involved in the recall would have “Est. P-963″ on the label. For the complete recall list including pictures of the packaging, download the see the Cargill 8/3/2011 product recall list (PDF).

 Salmonella Outbreak: Cargill Recalls 36 Million Pounds of Ground Turkey

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1 Comment

i just took a look at turkey product in the freezer and this is it. Will the store redeem it. I hope so.

ron commented on Aug 04 11 at 1:35 am

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