Following up on our post from earlier this week, the company behind the tainted turkey has finally been named: Cargill. The company issued a "voluntary" recall of its ground turkey products from dozens of states after nearly one hundred reported injuries and one death from an especially dangerous form of salmonella.
The Cargill subsidiary, Cargill Value Added Meats Retail, sold the product under the brand Honeysuckle White and included turkey produced at the plant that is the source of the problem since February. Cargill is shutting down the plant until they determine what is wrong that is causing the poisoning.
Salmonella exposure can cause numerous health problems, including fever and blood poisoning. The meat was sold at Kroger, which has a large presence in Kentucky.
Cargill has recalled more than 36 million pounds of turkey.
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