DPH Tips for Staying Salmonella Safe
Lexington's Board of Health provides tips for consuming ground turkey safely in light of the Salmonella Heidelberg outbreak.
With a salmonella outbreak affecting more than two-dozen states, according to CBS News, and leading to the Cargill recall of 36 million pounds of ground turkey, Lexington’s Board of Health has provided the following information about staying safe from salmonella while eating ground turkey. The United States Department of Agriculture announced Wednesday that the products may be contaminated with a multi-drug resistant strain of Salmonella Heidelberg. From the Lexington Health Division: Ground turkey (fresh and frozen) is linked to Salmonella infections and it is common for chicken and poultry to be contaminated with Salmonella bacteria. Even if the turkey meat is contaminated with salmonella, it is safe to use or eat as long as the …
Holly Pearson
8:00 am on Friday, August 5, 2011
Treating a product that eventually gets consumed like hazardous waste (until it's killed by cooking) is bizarre. The alternative is not to eat the bird in the first place. As a slogan I once saw read, "Go vegetarian and nobody gets hurt". more ›