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 [...]

Tenneseee Confirms 2 Salmonella Heidelberg Victims Tennessee has reported two confirmed cases of the outbreak strain of Salmonella Heidelberg linked to contaminated ground turkey product produced by Cargill. Shelby County was the site of both of the Tennessee outbreak cases, according to the Tennessee Department of Health. One patient was hospitalized; however, at this time, [...]

Texas Hit by Turkey and Papaya Recalls Texans have been besieged by two outbreaks of contaminated product-related foodborne illness in the past two weeks.  The state has a large number of confirmed cases in two large and ongoing nationwide Salmonella outbreaks, one tied to consumption of papaya contaminated with Salmonella Agona, and the other associated [...]

Troutdale Infant Identified as First Oregon Illness Linked to Tainted Turkey On Thursday, Lynne Terry of the Oregonian identified a Troutdale infant, pictured here, as the first confirmed salmonella case in Oregon linked to contaminated turkey produced by Cargill. Cargill on Wednesday issued a recall of 36 million pounds of ground turkey products due to [...]

Updated Information on Salmonella Ground Turkey Outbreak On August 4, 2011, the CDC issued another update regarding the multistate outbreak of Salmonella Heidelberg associated with consumption of contaminated ground turkey. The update follows a Wednesday recall by Cargill Value Added Meats Retail of approximately 36 million pounds of fresh and frozen ground turkey products. Nationwide, [...]