Turkey Salmonella alert...

[brewmaster15]

Thought I would post this alert I got from from Consumer Reports...



Dear Al,
As shoppers head to the store this week to buy Thanksgiving turkey, an outbreak of a deadly, drug-resistant strain of Salmonella in turkey continues to sicken consumers across the nation.
Yet neither the turkey industry nor the USDA has publicly released any details about which turkey producers or brands are part of this outbreak that has hospitalized 63 people and killed one.
Join with us in calling for a public listing of turkey producers and brands involved in this outbreak. This is critical health information consumers should have before Thanksgiving! (https://action.consumerreports.org/20181114food_turkeysafetyx9mfn8o?e=c0408b62eccc58f 58af774a12429caa3&utm_source=cr&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20181114food_turkeysafety&n=1)











Take Action (https://action.consumerreports.org/20181114food_turkeysafetyx9mfn8o?e=c0408b62eccc58f 58af774a12429caa3&utm_source=cr&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20181114food_turkeysafety&n=2)













This outbreak of Salmonella in raw turkey products has been going on for a year, and is linked to 164 illnesses in 35 states. One person in California died, and available information indicates that almost half of those getting sick are hospitalized. The tainted turkey has even been found in pet food.
The CDC says the outbreak strain, called Salmonella Reading, has been found in live turkeys and many kinds of raw turkey products, ‘indicating it might be widespread in the turkey industry.’
Federal officials have shared their findings with the turkey industry, and ‘asked about steps that may be taken’ to reduce contamination. But they haven’t told the public which producers, suppliers, or brands of turkey could be contaminated.
Help us urge the USDA to tell consumers right now which turkey brands are involved in the outbreak. (https://action.consumerreports.org/20181114food_turkeysafetyx9mfn8o?e=c0408b62eccc58f 58af774a12429caa3&utm_source=cr&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20181114food_turkeysafety&n=3)






Take Action (https://action.consumerreports.org/20181114food_turkeysafetyx9mfn8o?e=c0408b62eccc58f 58af774a12429caa3&utm_source=cr&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20181114food_turkeysafety&n=4)













Click through after taking action to see advice on how to safely prepare your Thanksgiving turkey. Please send your message to the USDA, then share this with family and friends so as many of us as possible are pushing to get this critical information.
Thank you!
Meg Bohne
Consumer Reports

[Keith Perkins]

Sounds like natural selection to me. :devil:

[brewmaster15]

only the vegetarians survive to reproduce? :evilgrin:

[RogueDiscus]

only the vegetarians survive to reproduce? :evilgrin:

Only if they stay away from Romain lettuce.

[bluelagoon]

In Canada they recall products and send out alerts when food is likely to be contaminated.I think it's the law.

[brewmaster15]

In Canada they recall products and send out alerts when food is likely to be contaminated.I think it's the law.

Well technically they are supposed to do that here in the USA and usually do. I think they may be dragging their feet here because this Holiday is immensely important economically. They may be hoping its resolved quietly to avoid $losses. Thats about the only thing I can think of as to why they are handling this as they are
Al

[Keith Perkins]

Saw this topic on ABC news this morning. They claim not to know the source of the problem, beyond it being from turkeys. That's a hard one for me to swallow. :jester:

[Paul Sabucchi]

Better not undercook it then!

[Altum Nut]

The slightly extra crispy Thanksgiving Turkey is starting to sound like a better option to be on the safe side.
OR is this a scary situation for some where an alternative main course may be in the works.

...Ralph

[LizStreithorst]

I shall eat chicken.

[brady]

You know if people would only use COMMON SENSE and use a thermometer to check the turkey
and cook it to 165F there would be know problem. Same can be said for hamburger and chicken.
Jay

[danotaylor]

vegemite sandwiches mate...who wouldn't be thankful for them ;)

[brewmaster15]

vegemite sandwiches mate...who wouldn't be thankful for them ;)

Thanks man but I will pass..I prefer to just drink the beer not eat the left overs from making it! :)

[brewmaster15]

The real problem here isnt that theres salmonella contamination with the turkeys.Its that theres a very large degree of drug resistence showing up.

WGS analysis did not identify predicted antibiotic resistance in 116 isolates from 53 ill people and 63 food and animal samples. However, 68 isolates from ill people and 84 isolates from food, animal, and environmental samples contained genes for resistance to all or some of the following antibiotics: ampicillin, streptomycin, sulfamethoxazole, tetracycline, kanamycin, gentamicin, nalidixic acid, ciprofloxacin, ceftriaxone, and fosfomycin. Testing of five outbreak isolates using standard antibiotic susceptibility testing by CDC’s National Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System (NARMS) laboratory confirmed these results. Most of the infections in this outbreak are susceptible to the antibiotics that are commonly used for treatment, so this resistance likely will not affect the choice of antibiotic used to treat most people.

https://www.cdc.gov/salmonella/reading-07-18/index.html


Its kind of telling that the article says they didnt find the drug resistence like expected but the data they posted shows it in more samples than not so I am not sure how you can spin that positively!
al

[Keith Perkins]

As Jay said above, cook it properly and no problem. If common sense was just a little more common.

[CliffsDiscus]

Jennie-o brand raw turkey.

Cliff

[Pices]

Thanks for the timely warning Al. I would worry about food prep areas being a source of contamination when the cook is juggling cooking many other dishes. Say you are trying to get that bird buttered and in the oven and you need to grab more butter. You open the butter, finish the bird and wash your hands, but the butter wrapper is contaminated or the fridge handle or the tap water handle etc etc. Now I feel bad for putting more pressure on the cook!
Operating rooms have a nurse who watches everyone during surgeries so if someone adjusts an overhead light, etc. she stops them and puts fresh gloves on them. I doubt they do that in restaurants.
Patty

Patty