Cargill, one of the world’s largest food companies, with $120 billion in sales last year, suspendedoperations at its Arkansas plant in August 2011 and recalled 36 million pounds of fresh and frozen ground turkey products processed at the plant between February 20 and Aug 2. The turkey was found to contain Salmonella Heidelberg, the same
Number of Salmonella Heidelberg Infections Linked to Cargill Ground Turkey Rises to 107
Today, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced that there have been a total of 107 persons infected with the outbreak strain of Salmonella Heidelberg reported from 31 states between February 27 and August 9, 2011. That number has risen from the 78 infected individuals reported by CDC in an update issued last