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Turkey Recall: 36M lbs of Meat Pulled, Salmonella Risk Still in Homes?

U.S. officials didn’t press Cargill Inc. to recall turkey potentially tainted by salmonella sooner because of conflicting, incomplete data, prompting consumer advocates to call for a more aggressive approach.

Cargill pulled back almost 36 million pounds of ground turkey on Aug. 3, in the second-biggest U.S. meat recall, and halted processing of the product at its Springdale, Arkansas, plant after being presented with the results of what health officials described as a lengthy and painstaking investigation.

Public health officials were still looking for the source of the contamination, but preliminary information suggested that a single production facility may be involved. Salmonella infection is a major public health problem worldwide, health officials said. There are an estimated 1.7 million infections in North America each year and more than 1.6 million cases were reported between 1999 and 2008 in 27 European countries.

"There is little epidemiological information available at this time that conclusively links these illnesses to any specific product or establishment," FSIS spokesman Neil Gaffney, told CBS News. "Without specific enough data, it would not be appropriate to issue a recall notice."

The CDC reported that the highest number of cases have been found in and Wisconsin.

Researchers examined the cases in North America and said reports of infection in Canada and contamination of imported foods in the United States suggest the new strain - called S. Kentucky - has also reached there.

For more details on the 77 cases, see the CDC's Salmonella Outbreak Investigations: Timeline for Reporting Cases.

CDC officials said it can take three to four weeks to confirm a single case and identifying an outbreak can take considerably longer than that.

Also, that individuals should wash their hands, kitchen work surfaces, and utensils with soap and water immediately after they have been in contact with raw meat or poultry including frozen, fresh ground turkey.

Health officials add that raw poultry should be cooked thoroughly to 165 °F internal temperature as measured with a food thermometer; leftovers should also be reheated to 165 °F.

Of the cases counted by the CDC, there are 58 confirmed cases; the oldest person affected was 88 and the youngest was under one year old, with the median age of 23.

Without mentioning Cargill, on July 29, USDA-FSIS released a public health alert for frozen or fresh ground turkey products, according to the agency.

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