TAINTED TURKEY: 36 Million Pounds of Ground Turkey RECALLED

[stevedeshazer]

Cargill Meat Solutions Corporation announced today that there was an immediate voluntary recall of 36 million pounds of ground turkey due to the possible contamination with salmonella. The Cargill plant is located in Springdale, Arkansas, where they processed the turkey products between February 20th and August 2nd.

The company suspended production of the turkey products at the processing facility until they can determine the cause of the problem and resolve it. The tainted turkey killed one person and made 76 others ill, spanning over 26 states.

“It is regrettable that people may have become ill from eating one of our ground turkey products and, for anyone who did, we are truly sorry,” stated Steve Willardsen, president of Cargill’s turkey processing business. “We go to great lengths to ensure the food we produce is safe and we fully understand that people expect to be able to consume safe food, each serving, every time.”

http://ringsidereport.com/?p=13932

[lonestarnot]

1. Wow. Wonder when they will determine that those turkey recalls should be cut. Let 'em eat turkey,

even when it's fucking rotten.

[a la izquierda]

2. i enjoy being a vegetarian at moments like this.

but i hope no one gets ill or worse.

[gateley]

3. Some already have gotten ill, and one person has died -- the

strain is "antibiotic resistant" to no one's surprise.

Cargill is an evil behemoth like Monsanto, so this probably won't make a blip in their bottom line. I hope those who were affected sue for as much as they can get.

Nice of me, huh. :blush:

[a la izquierda]

i have been avoiding the news and DU...

mostly for the last few days. i thought i heard something about this whole mess the other day.

and i too hope the affected parties sue.

[a la izquierda]

5. i have been avoiding the news and DU...

mostly for the last few days. i thought i heard something about this whole mess the other day.

and i too hope the affected parties sue.

[kenny blankenship]

12. If there is no effective govt oversight & regulation of industry, the only other remedy is lawsuits

Lawsuits for damages are foundational in the English Common Law.

Amazingly, Republicans manage to be against BOTH government food safety regulation AND lawsuits for damages by individuals or classes against negligent corporations. You can't say the free market will self regulate so govt should butt out, and then also make war on the mechanism by which individual economic actors check and balance each others' behavior in the marketplace. It's self-contradictory, and reveals a complete vacuum of logic and principle in the Repuke position. Against one OR the other, but not both.

And for some fucking reason, Democrats NEVER CALL THEM ON IT.

[RebelOne]

8. Me too.

But my dogs will not eat anything other than ground turkey, so I have to buy it for them. So far, so good, no adverse reactions from the turkey I have bought within the past week. They will not eat plain old dry food nor wet food, but love ground turkey.

[kenny blankenship]

10. Actually, most of the people who died in Europe recently from E. Coli poisoning got it from veggies.

So, vegans beware!

[a la izquierda]

16. That much is true.

But having lived in Mexico for a year here and there, I'm completely obsessed with washing my veggies in a special enzymatic chemical. And I hate raw veggies (despite the diet), so most everything we eat is cooked.
Moral of the story, though: none of our food is safe and that's really sad.

[spanone]

4. House GOP Seeks Big Cuts To FDA, Food Safety Inspectors

A House GOP proposal is seeking $285 million in cuts to the Food and Drug Administration, an 11 percent reduction from FY 2011, just as the agency moves to implement an ambitious new food safety law, reports Food Safety News. The proposal would also reduce the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service budget by $35 million. Proponents claim the reduced funding level will not prevent "critical meat, poultry and egg product inspection and testing activities, and supports an expansion of a poultry inspection pilot project that will lead to improving food safety."


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/05/24/house-republic..

[gateley]

7. That's just crazy. I remember when some shit was coming in

from China (don't recall if it was food stuff or lead in toys or what) and they had the head of the "Inspection Division" or whatever on TV. This was under W's watch. She was saying "we need to be more diligent" blah blah blah, but the deal was, she had hardly any personnel to cover a LOT of territory. So they asked "do you think you need a larger department and more inspectors"? And she said (I'm even shaking my head in disbelief as I type this NOW) "No, we just have to utilize our resources better" or some crap like that.

I didn't know if she was just a W devotee, or if she was afraid if she indicated that she wasn't getting what she needed from the administration she'd lose her job, or what.

But I guess the main reason for my 'lil diatribe is that as always, the Republicans only look at the money, and fuck the people. What, is the FDA now an "entitlement program", or are they looking to privatize this, too? :grr:

[endless october]

6. more suffering that could be alleviated by irradiation treatment.

someday, we'll wake up.

[udbcrzy2]

9. Prisons use ground turkey pretty often

It really does not bother me to think that a murderer may have gotten ill from eating rotten meat.

[RC]

11. And the pot smokers?

What did they do to deserve their fate?

[udbcrzy2]

13. No, not the pot smokers the bad guys, the murdering thugs

[kenny blankenship]

14. Ok we'll make sure that only the murdering thugs eat recalled turkey

Pot smokers can eat the tainted shellfish instead.

[Motown_Johnny]

15. You should always assume that turkey and chicken have salmonella and

make sure they are fully cooked every time.



http://www.foodsafety.gov/poisoning/causes/bacteriaviruses/salmonella/index.html


^snip^


•Avoid eating high-risk foods, including raw or lightly cooked eggs, undercooked ground beef or poultry, and unpasteurized milk





I'm sorry about the person who died and the ones who got sick but it isn't ever wise to eat any poultry that isn't fully cooked.

[lunatica]

17. Who the hell needs government oversight?

Teabaggers have the answers. Government regulations are bad, bad, bad. We should be happy the company even bothered to do a recall. Soon they won't have to do that either.