36M lbs. of turkey recalled in salmonella outbreak

My turkey meat turned out to be some of the recalled also. We had just started substituting ground beef with ground turkey to eat healthier, but now I doubt I'll buy it again. The store mgr. tried to say that any turkey bought from his store would not have been bad b/c all the recalled turkey had already been pulled from their shelves. But the clerk called the Meat Mgr. to the front and he told me to go home and see if it had P963 on it and there it was in my freezer bigger than Dallas, P963 on it (sell by Feb 2011-Aug.2, 2011) I purchased it on 7/30/11! The next day I took it in and got my money back. I was hoping to get the lazy store Mgr. again to rub it in his face, but he wasn't there. LOL So grateful my husband didn't cook it 2 nights before me reading this article. Makes me sick just thinking about "what if" we had eaten it.

Wait a dog gone minute! This meat was tainted clear back in March? And they are just now four months later recalling it? WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH THIS SCENARIO?

Now if they could only recall the turkeys in D.C.

any type of poultry is susceptible to salmonella

That's it I'm moving to Alaska and hunting my own food.

Cargill is one of the largest employers of illegals. They have a hog plant in Illinois that is at least 85% illegals and do nothing about it.They actively recruit these people at the borders with big signs

Remember when we were all kids, you never saw stuff like this back then ever thing was safe, and now 30 years later that has all changed

Another reason to support your local farms and buy local - you know where your food is coming from.

Combined, Congress weighs in at 36M pounds? that's a LOT of poisoned turkeys.

No worries people! The Cargill outfit will not lose a penny! They will "declare a loss," meaning, taxpayers will compensate them for their "loss," even if it was caused by their own practices. We can afford to pay these people to poison and then throw away 70M burgers, but we can't afford meals for poor people. Some think failed banks should be allowed to close up shop. I say the Food Industry could use some of the same medicine.

This is one of those times I'm really happy that I paid attention to the food safety refresher part of a cooking class I took for fun. Also have a farmers market here and a few of the organic farms not too far away take orders for poultry/beef/pork. Got to admit I like knowing where our food is coming from and being able to meet the farmers.

I have mixed emotions on this issue. I have no doubt that I have already eaten lots of this contaminated meat. I say this because we buy multiple packages at a time (on sale) and freeze them. We still have one package left and it is one of the recalled ones. A lot of people have eaten this meat and are OK. We are all OK because of cooking the meat thoroughly. I feel very sorry for the people that didn’t. MY biggest problem with this recall is the fact that the ground turkey products from this Cargill plant date back to Feb 20, 2011. Apparently 36 million pounds of meat were produced at this plant between Feb 20, and Aug 2, or approx. 23 weeks of production. How many pounds do you think were already consumed? Most people buy for only one week at a time. This could mean that almost 34 million pounds of this meat have already been consumed. This doesn’t leave a lot left to recall, maybe 6%. Cargill is now trying to come across as heroes in this by saying it’s a voluntary recall. Who are they trying to fool? This “voluntary” recall comes out on the same day the CDC releases its findings and we are supposed to believe this is a coincidence. I’m sick and tired of government and corporate smoke being blown up my #$%$ With the greatest amount of sarcasm possible I say the following - I’m glad Cargill reacted as quickly as they did or this story might be worse.

Maybe there should be more inspectors but more than likely the ones that are working aren't allowed to do their job because of political pressures within the agencies. Large corporations usually have lobbyists and high dollar lawyers looking out for their best interests mainly profits. Also they make large campaign donations to politicians who have no problem using their power and influence for their own gains. We all know how ethical and moral most of our politicians are. Probably the best way of protecting yourself and your family is to grow your own crops, and raise your own animals if you are able to. Buy what you can from Farmers markets and Community Supported Agriculture organizations as much as possible.

this went on for months? EVERY batch is supposed to be randomly checked for such things! ITS THE LAW! Why did flags not go up from government oversight on this? The company either failed to test, provided bogus lab tests during that time, or did the person in the gov sit on their hands?. These things are in place to save millions of lives from scumbag companies and or terrorist trying to kill us. Time to find out who dropped the ball and smack them where it hurts. THEIR WALLET!

shame they can't "recall" the turkeys in Washington...

Everybody has been warned about poultry and pork for as long as I can remember. YOU HAVE TO COOK IT! Then WASH YOUR HANDS!
How many times does that need to be told before people will get it?

Pita says, "don't eat meat", . . the Plants Rights groups say, "don't eat plants" . What in the H_ell are we supposed to eat ? . god d_amm rocks ? . . There is probably a Rocks Rights group out there telling us not to eat rocks ! . . This whole world has went totally insane !

I use to be employed by Cargill! They stole our pensions and transfered them to another company that doesn't even have a pension program to keep from paying us! I have seen these crooks operated and rape the land! They made billions in Florida and left tax free!

Regrettable that some people became ill ??????????
Someone DIED !!!!!

Amid the news of the largest turkey recall in history, President Obama got deeply involved when he recalled the vacationing congressional turkeys back to D.C. to finance the FAA!