Simon & Luke Prosecuting Tainted Turkey Claims Houston-based food safety law firm Simon & Luke has filed more claims against Cargill on behalf of victims who contracted Salmonella Heidelberg after consuming ground turkey manufactured by the company.  The claims were filed on behalf of residents of Michigan, South Dakota, Arizona, and Illinois.  In August, the [...]

Tainted Turkey Now Claims 129 Victims in 34 States The U.S. Centers for Disease Control has just upped its victim count for the Salmonella Heidelberg outbreak linked to tainted Cargill ground turkey. Since February 27, 2001, a total of 129 persons infected with the outbreak strain of Salmonella Heidelberg have been reported from in 34 [...]

Cargill Recalls More Tainted Turkey – Salmonella is Again the Culprit The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today that ground turkey from Cargill, which only just recently began limited production of some ground turkey products, has again tested positive for a drug-resistant strain of Salmonella Heidelberg.  According to FSIS, [...]

Tainted Cargill Turkey Outbreak Claims 119 Victims The CDC has reported that 119 individuals in 32 states have been infected with Salmonella Heidelberg linked to the consumption of ground turkey produced by a single Cargill, Inc. subsidiary, according to the most recent CDC outbreak update. The largest number of outbreak cases were reported in Texas, [...]

Tainted Turkey Outbreak Claims 111 Victims The CDC has reported that 111 individuals in 31 states have been infected with Salmonella Heidelberg linked to the consumption of ground turkey produced by a single Cargill, Inc. subsidiary, according to the most recent CDC outbreak update. The largest number of outbreak cases were reported in Texas, which [...]

Cargill Resumes Ground Turkey Production On Wednesday, Cargill announced its intentions to recommence ground turkey production following a 31-state Salmonella Heidelberg outbreak in which at least 111 became ill, and at least one died.  According to Mike Martin, a Cargill spokesman, the “limited production” comes after the U.S. Department of Agriculture approved additional anti-bacterial safety [...]

Today, Officials from the Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services confirmed the first case of Salmonella Heidelberg linked to tainted turkey produced by Cargill.  Cargill has now recalled 36 million pounds of ground turkey products because they have been linked to over 107 illnesses nationwide. Department spokesman Jim Murphy says the Montana case was [...]

Tainted Turkey Claims Two Iowa Victims Two Iowans have fallen ill with one of the two outbreak strains of Salmonella Heidelberg.  The outbreak, which has been tied to 107 illnesses across 31 different states as of yesterday, has been linked to consumption of contaminated ground turkey.  Fears that their meat may be the source of [...]

Tainted Turkey Outbreak Claims 107 Victims in 31 States On Thursday afternoon, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released new information regarding the 31-state Salmonella Heidelberg outbreak.  The number of confirmed infections has risen to 107, an increase of 29 over the last report, released one week ago on August 4. The first [...]

Delay in Cargill Ground Turkey Recall Raises Questions The most recent outbreak of Salmonella Heidelberg contamination, which has led to at least 78 illnesses across 26 states, has led many to ask some important questions about food regulation and safety in the United States.  Perhaps the most common question asked by both media outlets and [...]