The products were produced at the company’s Springdale, Arkansas facility in the US, due to possible contamination from Salmonella Heidelberg.
Cargill is initiating this recall as a result of one confirmed test sample taken by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) during a post-3 August recall review of the processing facility, which yielded low levels of the same Salmonella Heidelberg strain that appears to match the strain previously associated with human illness.
Steve Willardsen, president of Cargill’s turkey processing business, said: “Out of an abundance of caution, we are acting quickly in response to USDA’s sample testing. Although there are no known illnesses associated with this positive sample, it is the same Salmonella Heidelberg strain that resulted in our voluntary recall on 3 August.
“As a result of this latest USDA test result, we have suspended ground turkey production at our Arkansas facility until additional measures can be identified, approved by USDA, then implemented, which is similar to the process we previously employed when working with the agency.”
Source: Cargill
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