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http://thebovine.wordpress.com/2011...re-taking-action-on-turkey-they-knew-was-bad/In this case, the USDA announced a Cargill recall on August 3, 2011, affecting 36 million pounds of ground turkey that may be contaminated with salmonella. But this was only after at least one person died and 77 others were sickened by the contaminated meat, says the WSJ.
The important fact in this story is that the USDA knew about the salmonella contamination in 2010 and did nothing about it. Its own tests showed Cargills turkey to be contaminated with salmonella at four different retail stores selling the meat, and still the USDA did nothing.