Cargill recalls 36 million pounds of turkey on FDA order - salmonella

[banned from Kos]

No link - its all over the news.

I am just saddened by the waste of life amid the starvation and casual regard to nature.

[kenny blankenship]

1. Weird thing about this one was, it was in the news yesterday but they weren't saying WHO

or which brands of turkey not to eat.

I agree the dimensions of the wastage in these cases always boggles the mind, and leaves a very ugly residue behind. All those birds raised in unhealthy conditions - then because greedy sonsofbitches can't be bothered to keep shit out of the meat, they were all slaughtered without any justifying/excusing purpose.

It is said that the average hamburger contains DNA from 1,000 cows. I have been hamburger free for a long time, but recently learned how to grind my own from single cuts of beef that I dunk in boiling water briefly to kill off any E. Coli splotches. (I have decided not to care about the risks of Mad Cow anymore, because who the fuck wants to remain conscious for this country's inevitable and collective descent into the madhouse?) The same procedure could apply to turkey, if you just have to have ground turkey. Skin it, dunk it for 10 seconds in boiling water, cut it up into chunks and grind with your previously sterilized meat grinder. On the other hand, you probably would never want to eat turkey medium rare in any case, so skip dunking it in boiling water prior to grinding and burn it all deep brown. But sterilize the grinder, afterwards, for certain.

[banned from Kos]

4. good information - you are a better consumer than I am.

Life is out of balance (Koyaanisqatsi).

People starve in some parts of the world and we casually farm misery and throw protein away.

[A Simple Game]

7. The protein will not be thrown away.

It will be returned, cooked, and used in other products.

At least that's what is usually done with ground beef, I assume ground turkey works the same.

[idiotgardener]

8. I didn't know they did that.

It's such an incredibly wasteful product. It takes so much more energy to produce than we get from eating it, it pollutes the air, water and land, and now it's been trucked across the country twice. If you're right, it will be trucked around for a third time. Good thing we don't have to worry about climate change or peak oil, right?

[Eugene]

2. USDA recalls 36 million pounds of ground turkey (MSNBC)

Source: MSNBC

USDA recalls 36 million pounds of ground turkey

Meat giant Cargill tied to outbreak of salmonella poisoning linked to death, illnesses

By JoNel Aleccia Health writer
msnbc.com
updated 8/2/2011 1:15:17 PM ET

Federal officials are recalling 36 million pounds of ground turkey produced by Cargill Inc. linked to a California death and at least 76 other salmonella illnesses nationwide.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced the move late Wednesday. All of the recalled products were reportedly produced at the company's Springdale, Ark., plant.

-snip-

Cargill officials did not return requests for comment from msnbc.com, but a company spokesman told the New York Times on Tuesday that the company had been asked to provide documentation and was cooperating with federal officials.

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Read more: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43988256/ns/health-food_safety/#.TjnXD4JqAcA

[Horse with no Name]

3. Finally. n/t

[spanone]

5. 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-republicans-cuts-to-fda-food-safety_n_866237.html

[gateley]

6. Here's a link and a snip from the NYT:

Cargill Recalls Ground Turkey Linked to Outbreak

Cargill, one of the nation’s largest meat processors, said on Wednesday that it was recalling almost 36 million pounds of ground turkey produced at a plant in Arkansas after it was linked to a nationwide outbreak of salmonella sickness. One person in California has died in the outbreak and at least 76 have fallen ill.

The outbreak involved a strain of the bacteria known as Salmonella Heidelberg, which is resistant to many commonly prescribed antibiotics, according to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Cargill said that it was suspending the production of ground turkey at the plant in Springdale, Ark., where the tainted meat originated, until it could identify the source of the contamination and fix it.

“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,” Steve Willardsen, president of Cargill’s turkey processing business, said in a written statement. /snip

The rest of the article ~~~~>

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/04/business/cargill-recalls-ground-turkey-linked-to-salmonella-outbreak.html


(Couldn't have happened to a nicer *person*. Very sorry for the victims, though.)