Posted on 08/02/2011 8:49:48 AM PDT by freespirited
Federal officials say one person has died from salmonella poisoning that appears to be linked to eating ground turkey, but the government so far has declined to say who produced the meat or initiate a recall.
Seventy-six people in 26 states have been made sick from the same strain of the disease, which the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says is resistant to many commonly prescribed antibiotics. The CDC did not say where the person who died became sick and released no details about the death.
The illnesses date back to March, and the CDC said Monday that cultures of ground turkey from four retail locations between March 7 and June 27 showed salmonella contamination. The agency said preliminary information showed that three of the samples have been linked to the same production establishment but did not name the retailers or the manufacturers.
The Agriculture Department oversees meat safety and would be the agency to announce a recall. The department sent out an alert about the illnesses late last week telling consumers to properly cook their turkey, which can decrease the chances of salmonella poisoning. But the department has not given consumers any further warnings about the source of the tainted meat.
The USDA has not responded to requests for comment on why there has not been a recall...
The illnesses are spread all over the country. The states with the highest number sickened were Michigan and Ohio, 10 illnesses each, while nine illnesses were reported in Texas. Illinois had seven, California six and Pennsylvania five.
The remaining states have between one and three reported illnesses linked to the outbreak, according to the CDC: Alabama, Arizona, Georgia, Iowa, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, Mississippi, North Carolina, Nebraska, Nevada, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Tennessee and Wisconsin....
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Cook the stuff to an internal temperature of 165 degrees F measured with a meat thermometer.
Ground turkey, chicken and seafood are not nearly as ‘forgiving’ as good ol’ red meat as far as handling is
concerned.
Then I suggest we stick with the aerial variety.
I never eat ground turkey. I’m surprised that this kind of thing doesn’t happen more often.
The best way to avoid such problems is to become a vegetarian and also use sound sanitary techniques, especially hand washing. Vegetarianism also avoids the nasty hypercholesterolemia problems that carnivorism causes.
LOL!
Why not?
“With God as my witness, I thought turkeys could fly”
"I swear to God, I thought turkeys could fly."
(After Mr Carlton tossed turkeys from a helicopter and having them plump like wet cement on a parking lot,from WKRP in Cincinatti)
Good advice...
LOL
How many deaths will be attributed to the Jive Turkey in the White House?
Yea - there is NEVER any issues with fecal material on lettuce, strawberries and tomatoes.
My favirite episode of wkrp!
I’m waffling on the ground turkey idea...
When can we expect a CDC alert related to the number of deaths and illnesses associated with RU-486?
Or airbags, for that matter?
Another ‘scare’ they can throw $Billions at.
Low cholesterol is linked to higher all-cause mortality.
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