Turkey meat producer announces second recall

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Cargill announced a voluntary recall of 185,000 pounds of ground turkey produced at its facility in Springdale, Arkansas.Cargill Meat Solutions Corp. recalls 185,000 pounds of ground turkey meat productsLast month, the company recalled 36 million pounds of ground turkey productsThe same strain of bacteria is responsible for both recallsEditor's note: Go to the Cargill website for a full list of products being recalled.

(CNN) -- Cargill Meat Solutions Corp. has announced for the second time in less than six weeks a voluntary recall of ground turkey products after tests found they were contaminated with a strain of salmonella bacteria that can prove fatal.

"That's one of the challenges and frustrations about trying to get one's arms around a naturally and randomly occurring bacterium that exists throughout the environment," said Mike Martin, director of communications for the company in Wichita, Kansas.

"It is frustrating but it strengthens our resolve to also do more to find additional methods and measures that are going to further reduce the potential for pathogens that can cause food-borne illnesses."

The latest recall, of 185,000 pounds of ground turkey meat, was announced Sunday for products produced August 23 and 24, and 30 and 31 from the company's establishment in Springdale, Arkansas.

No illnesses have been linked to the current recall.

The previous recall was one of the largest in history, affecting 36 million pounds of ground turkey meat produced at the plant between February 20 and August 2. In all, 2 million pounds of the tainted meat were recovered and buried in a landfill.

Federal health authorities said the August recall was associated with an outbreak of multi-drug-resistant Salmonella Heidelberg, which killed one person and sickened 111 others in 31 states. After the outbreak was discovered, the company suspended production of ground turkey products at the processing facility for eight days and instituted stricter production processes, Martin said.

In the wake of the August recall, antibacterial washes were added and "the most aggressive sampling and monitoring program in the industry" was put into place, Martin said.

But federal health officials took a sample on August 24 and found the same Heidelberg variant of the bacteria, one that is resistant to a number of antibiotics. A second sample taken on August 30 came back with a presumptive match, he said.

"We know it came in with the birds," he said. "We're looking at the entire supply chain back to, obviously, bird farms."

He added, "We understand that people expect their food to be safe when they purchase it, and we are going to do everything we can to ensure that's the case."

But the ubiquity of the bacteria means there could be similar recalls in the future, he said.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service recommends meat be cooked to an inner temperature of 165 degrees Fahrenheit (74 Celsius), a temperature that kills bacteria.

Infection with the bacteria can cause people to develop diarrhea, fever and abdominal cramps 12 to 72 hours after infection.

The sickness usually lasts four to seven days, and most people recover without treatment. But, in some cases, it can cause severe diarrhea and require hospitalization. If the infection spreads from the intestines to the bloodstream and then elsewhere in the body, the bacteria can prove fatal, according to public health experts.

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HEALTH MANAGEMENT. Turkey meat producer announces second recall

Cargill announced a voluntary recall of 185,000 pounds of ground turkey produced at its facility in Springdale, Arkansas.Cargill Meat Solutions Corp. recalls 185,000 pounds of ground turkey meat productsLast month, the company recalled 36 million pounds of ground turkey productsThe same strain of bacteria is responsible for both recallsEditor's note: Go to the Cargill website for a full list of products being recalled.
(CNN) -- Cargill Meat Solutions Corp. has announced for the second time in less than six weeks a voluntary recall of ground turkey products after tests found they were contaminated with a strain of salmonella bacteria that can prove fatal.
"That's one of the challenges and frustrations about trying to get one's arms around a naturally and randomly occurring bacterium that exists throughout the environment," said Mike Martin, director of communications for the company in Wichita, Kansas.
"It is frustrating but it strengthens our resolve to also do more to find additional methods and measures that are going to further reduce the potential for pathogens that can cause food-borne illnesses."
The latest recall, of 185,000 pounds of ground turkey meat, was announced Sunday for products produced August 23 and 24, and 30 and 31 from the company's establishment in Springdale, Arkansas.
No illnesses have been linked to the current recall.
The previous recall was one of the largest in history, affecting 36 million pounds of ground turkey meat produced at the plant between February 20 and August 2. In all, 2 million pounds of the tainted meat were recovered and buried in a landfill.
Federal health authorities said the August recall was associated with an outbreak of multi-drug-resistant Salmonella Heidelberg, which killed one person and sickened 111 others in 31 states. After the outbreak was discovered, the company suspended production of ground turkey products at the processing facility for eight days and instituted stricter production processes, Martin said.
In the wake of the August recall, antibacterial washes were added and "the most aggressive sampling and monitoring program in the industry" was put into place, Martin said.
But federal health officials took a sample on August 24 and found the same Heidelberg variant of the bacteria, one that is resistant to a number of antibiotics. A second sample taken on August 30 came back with a presumptive match, he said.
"We know it came in with the birds," he said. "We're looking at the entire supply chain back to, obviously, bird farms."
He added, "We understand that people expect their food to be safe when they purchase it, and we are going to do everything we can to ensure that's the case."
But the ubiquity of the bacteria means there could be similar recalls in the future, he said.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service recommends meat be cooked to an inner temperature of 165 degrees Fahrenheit (74 Celsius), a temperature that kills bacteria.
Infection with the bacteria can cause people to develop diarrhea, fever and abdominal cramps 12 to 72 hours after infection.
The sickness usually lasts four to seven days, and most people recover without treatment. But, in some cases, it can cause severe diarrhea and require hospitalization. If the infection spreads from the intestines to the bloodstream and then elsewhere in the body, the bacteria can prove fatal, according to public health experts.

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HEALTH MANAGEMENT. Outbreak of Listeria warning prompt, voluntary recall of Ford rock cantaloupe

Health officials have issued a warning for cantaloupes area producers of melon revered the Ford rock of the State of Colorado, to the United States in an outbreak of bacteria blamed for four deaths in the State and the Mexico New, disturbing of farmers who depend on sales of the fruit.
The warning of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention came after many cases of a strain of Listeria have been reported in six States, including at least 11 Colorado, 10 of the New-Mexico, two in Texas and one each in Indiana, Nebraska and Oklahoma.
The Agency said that it is the first outbreak of Listeria associated with cantaloupe in the United States. The U.S. Food & Drug Administration said that he had not recalled melons, while working to locate the source.
Update: Jensen firm in Holly, Colorado, is voluntarily recalling cantaloupe that it shipped to Illinois, Wyoming, Tennessee, Utah, Texas, Colorado, Minnesota, Kansas, New-Mexico, North Carolina, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Arizona, New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania between July 29 and September 10.
Rocky cantaloupes Ford, named for an area along the old Santa Fe Trail about 130 miles (200 km) southeast of Denver, are appreciated for their above average sugar content. W.C. Fields told bald guys have "a head shaped like a cantaloupe Rocky Ford", and Lucile Ball had delivered to his dressing room melons.
"This is really ridiculous." You can obtain Listeria any where. "Melons to eat every day," said Kent Lusk, a fifth generation farmer cantaloupe of Rocky Ford.
Commissioner of the Colorado Agriculture, John Salazar, said that the contamination has perhaps not cantaloupe, but a truck or other source. But several Colorado grocery chains pulled their supplies as a precautionary measure, and at the New-Mexico issued a voluntary recall. State Bureau of environmental health inspectors have been collecting samples of cantaloupe grocery stores and distributors across the New Mexico for laboratory analysis.
Listeriosis is a serious infection usually caused by ingestion of food contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. The disease primarily affects the elderly, pregnant women, infants and adults with weakened immune systems.
Director of the health of the Colorado Chris Urbina said of people who are the people of included high risk 60 and older, those whose immune system is weakened of transplants and persons with chronic diseases. Symptoms may include fever, muscle aches, diarrhea, headache of head, neck stiffness, confusion and seizures. Listeriosis can cause miscarriages and stillbirths.
The CDC warning advised people with cantaloupes home to see if they came from the region of Rocky Ford and if yes, do not eat melons are in a group vulnerable. Health application people throw cantaloupes Rocky Ford put them in a closed plastic bag before putting them in the trash.
The fatal cases in the New-Mexico included a man 93 years old, originally from the County of Bernalillo, a 61-year-old woman, originally from the County of Curry and a man of 63 years, originally from the County of Bernalillo. Mark Salley, spokesman for the Department of the Colorado public health and environment, said the deceased in Colorado was not to be identified.

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