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Cargill Ground Turkey Salmonella Lawsuit

Our Salmonella lawyers are investigating an outbreak of Salmonella Heidelberg associated with Cargill ground turkey.

If you have been diagnosed with a Salmonella Heidelberg infection, you may have a claim against Cargill and others for medical expenses, pain and suffering, lost income and other damages. You can contact our attorneys for a free consultation.

Cargill Ground Turkey Salmonella Outbreak Information

A total of 129 persons infected with the outbreak strain of Salmonella Heidelberg have been reported from in 34 states with illness onset dates between February 27 and September 13, 2011. The number of ill persons identified in each state is as follows: Alabama (1), Arkansas (1), Arizona (3), California (6), Colorado (4), Connecticut (1), Georgia (2), Illinois (16), Indiana (1), Iowa (2), Kansas (3), Kentucky (2), Louisiana (1), Massachusetts (3), Maryland (1), Michigan (12), Minnesota (2), Mississippi (2), Missouri (7), Nebraska (2), Nevada (1), New Jersey (1), New York (2), North Carolina (4), Ohio (12), Oklahoma (2), Oregon (1), Pennsylvania (6), South Dakota (3), Tennessee (2), Texas (17), Utah (1), Vermont (1), and Wisconsin (4).

Among persons for whom information is available, illnesses began on or after February 27, 2011. Ill persons range in age from less than 1 year to 90 years old, with a median age of 23 years old. Fifty-six percent are male. Among the 88 ill persons with available information, 33 (38%) have been hospitalized. One death has been reported.

Epidemiological and microbiological evidence has linked the outbreak to Cargill ground beef processed at the company's plant in Springdale, Arkansas.

Epidemiological evidence:Among the 88 ill persons with available information, 47 (53%) reported consuming ground turkey. This proportion is significantly higher than results from a survey of healthy persons in which 11% of persons interviewed reported consuming ground turkey in the 7 days before they were interviewed.

Microbiological evidence: Cultures of five ground turkey samples purchased from five retail locations between March 7 and June 27, 2011, yielded Salmonella Heidelberg with the outbreak strain. all of these products originated from a common food-production establishment (Cargill Meat Solutions Corporation in Springdale, Arkansas). Also, a sample of leftover unlabeled frozen ground turkey was collected by public health officials from the home of an ill person in Ohio infected with the outbreak strain of Salmonella Heidelberg. Culture of the ground turkey sample yielded the outbreak strain on July 29, 2011.

In addition to the outbreak strain with the “initial” PGFE pattern, a second closely related PFGE pattern of Salmonella Heidelberg was identified in the contaminated leftover product. Since February 27, 2011, a total of 27 ill persons have been reported to PulseNet with this closely related PGFE pattern. Among the 13 such patients who have been interviewed to date, 12 (92%) report consumption of ground turkey in the week before their illness began. The 27 ill persons with this second closely related PFGE pattern of Salmonella Heidelberg have been included in the total count of outbreak cases.

Cargill Ground Turkey Recall Retailer List

Below are national and state-wide retailers of the recalled Cargill ground turkey products. These products were also sold at numerous local grocery stores, gas stations and other locations.

  • Acme Stores in OH
  • Albertsons Stores in AR, FL, LA, and TX
  • Alco Nationwide
  • Aldi Nationwide
  • Alp’sStores in AR, IL, KS, KY, MO, NE, OK
  • Bag ‘N Save Stores in Greater Omaha area and York NE
  • Baker’s Stores in NE
  • Big Star Stores in AL, AR, LA, MO, MS, TN
  • Bi-LoStores in GA
  • Bi-Rite Stores in OH and TN
  • Brookshire Brothers Stores in LA and TX
  • Brookshire Food StoresStores in AR, LA, and TX
  • Broulim’s Supermarket Stores in ID
  • Buehler’s Stores in IN and OH
  • Buy For Less Stores in OK
  • Byerly Foods Stores in MN
  • Calhoun Foods Stores in AL
  • Cash Saver Stores in AR, IL, IN, KY, MO, OK, TN
  • Cash Wise Foods Stores in MN and ND
  • Cermak Stores in IL
  • Chief Super Market Stores in OH
  • City Market Stores in AR and CO
  • Coborn’s Stores in MN and SD
  • Country Mart Stores in AR, KS, KY, MO, OK, and TN
  • County Market Nationwide
  • Crest Foods Stores in OK
  • Cub Foods Stores in IL, MN, OH and WI
  • Dahl’sFoods Stores in IA
  • Dan’s Supermarket Stores in ND and UT
  • Dash Market Stores in NY
  • Dave’s Stores in NY and OH
  • Dick’s Stores in UT and WI
  • Dierbergs Stores in IL and MO
  • Dillon’s Stores in KS and MO
  • Discount Drug Mart Stores in OH
  • Duckwall’s Stores in CO, IA, KS, ND, NE, NM, OK, and TX
  • E.W. James Stores in MS and TN
  • Easy Way Stores in TN
  • Family Market Stores in AL and AR
  • Festival Foods Stores in MI, MN and WI
  • Fiesta Mart Stores in the greater Dallas and Houston, TX areas
  • Fisher’s Stores in IL and OH
  • Food 4 Less Stores in CA, IL, IN, LA, MO, NE, NV and OH
  • Food Center Nationwide
  • Food Depot Stores in GA, IL, LA, AND MS
  • Food Fair Stores in KS, KY, MO, OH and WV
  • Food Giant Stores in AL, AR, KY, MI, MO, MS, and TN
  • Food Outlet Stores in AL and TX
  • Food Pride Stores in IA, KS, MN, NE, ND, and WI
  • Food Pyramid Stores in OK
  • Food World Locations in FL, IN, IA, KY, LA and MI
  • Foodland Nationwide
  • Foodliner Stores in AR, KS, KY, MO, and MS
  • Foods Co Stores in CA
  • Foodtown Stores in AR, CO, ID, NV, OH, OR, TN, TX, and UT
  • Fresh Market Stores in AL, AR, IL, MI, MN, MO, NY, UT and WI
  • Fry’s Stores in AZ
  • G&W Foods Stores in KS and MO
  • Gerbes Stores in MO
  • Giant Eagle Stores in MD, OH, PA and WV
  • Greer’s Stores in AL, FL, and MS
  • H E Butt (HEB) Stores in TX
  • H.G. Hill Stores in TN
  • Harmons Stores in UT
  • Harp’s Stores in AR, MO, and OK
  • Harvest Foods Stores in AR, LA, MN
  • Hay’s Stores in AR and MO
  • Heinen’s Stores in OH
  • Hen House Stores in KS and MO
  • Homeland Stores in KS and OK
  • Hometown Market Stores in AL, AR, IA, KS, MT, NY, OH, and PA
  • Hornbacher Stores in ND and MN
  • Houchens Market Stores in KY
  • Hugo Stores in MN and ND
  • IGA Nationwide
  • Ingles Stores in AL, GA, NC, SC, TN, and VA
  • Jay-C Food Store Locations in IN
  • Jr. Food Stores in KY and TN
  • Jubilee Stores in ID, MI, MN, MO, NY, PA, UT and WY
  • King Soopers Locations in CO
  • Kowalskis Stores in MN
  • Kroger Nationwide
  • Kuhns Stores in PA
  • Lawrence Bros Stores in NM and TX
  • Lucky’s Stores in AL
  • Lund’s Stores in MN
  • Macey’s Stores in UT
  • Mac’s Fresh Market Stores in LA
  • Mad Butcher Stores in AR
  • Marc’s Stores in OH
  • Market Basket Stores in IL, LA and TX
  • Market Place Nationwide
  • Martin’s Meat Locations in IN, MI
  • Meijer Stores in IL, IN, KY, MI, and OH
  • Minyard Stores in TX
  • Moser’s Discount Foods Stores in MO
  • My Fit Food Stores in TX
  • No Frills Supermarket Stores in IA and NE
  • Nutricion Fundamental Stores in OK
  • Patricia’s Stores in MO
  • Pic Pac Stores in KY
  • Piggly Wiggly Nationwide
  • Prenger’s Stores in MO
  • Price Chopper Nationwide
  • Price Cutter Stores in AR, MO, and OK
  • Ralphs Stores in Southern CA
  • Ramey’s Stores in AL, MO, and MS
  • Randalls Stores in the greater Houston and Austin, TX area
  • Reasor’s Stores in OK
  • Rehkopf’s Stores in AR, OK, and TX
  • Remke Market Stores in KY and OH
  • Ridley’s Food Stores in ID, NV, and WY
  • Russ’s Market Stores in greater Lincoln area and Hastings NE
  • Safeway Stores in IN
  • Save A Lot  Stores in KY, NY, OH, and PA
  • Schnucks Stores in IL, IN, MO, MS, TN and WI
  • Sellers Bros Stores in TX
  • Sentry Stores in WI
  • Shaws Stores throughout New England
  • Shop ‘N Save Stores in IL, MO, OH, PA, SC, and WV
  • Shurfine Stores in NY and PA
  • Shursave Stores in MO, NE, NY, and PA
  • Southern Family Market Stores in GA
  • Sparkle Stores in OH, PA, and WV
  • Stater Brothers Stores in CA
  • Sun Fresh Stores in MO
  • Sun Mart Stores in MN, NE and ND
  • Sunflower Farmers Markets Stores in AZ, CA, CO, NE, NM, NV and TX
  • Sunflower Food Store Stores in AR, LA, MS, and AR
  • Super 1 Foods Stores in AR, LA, and TX
  • Super C Mart Stores in OK
  • Super Foods Stores in AR, GA, IA, LA, NE, and OK
  • Super One Foods Stores in MI, MN, ND and WI
  • Supervalu Nationwide
  • Thriftway Nationwide
  • Tom Thumb Stores in great Dallas, TX area
  • Town & Country Stores in AR, KS, KY, MO, MT, OH, and TN
  • Trig’s Stores in WI
  • United Supermarkets Stores in OK and TX
  • Vowell’s Marketplace Stores in MS
  • Walmart Nationwide
  • Warehouse Market Stores in OK
  • Wayfield Foods Stores in GA
  • Williams Discount Foods Stores in OK
  • WinCo Stores in CA, ID, NV, OR, UT, and WA
  • Winn Dixie Stores in FL
  • Woodman’s Stores in WI
  • Wood’s Supermarket Stores in MO

Contact Attorney Fred Pritzker

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We have been contacted by many people who suspect they have a Salmonella infection from eating ground turkey. In order to successfully connect your Salmonella symptoms to this outbreak and be able to pursue a case on your behalf, we have to prove the following:

  1. You consumed Cargill ground turkey (brands involved in the Cargill recall include Honeysuckle, Kroger, Riverside, HEB, Safeway, Fit and Active, Shady Brook Farms, Spartan)
  2. You received medical care including a stool sample test
  3. The stool sample obtained from you tested positive for Salmonella Heidelberg, the Salmonella specie involved in this outbreak

Thus, if you are still having symptoms, you should consider receiving medical treatment. You should also ask your doctor to obtain a stool sample. If the stool sample is positive for Salmonella Heidelberg, you should contact our law firm as soon as possible for a free consultation.

If you do not obtain a stool sample or if it is not positive for Salmonella Heidelberg, we will not be able to prove that your symptoms are related to the Cargill outbreak.

States involved in this outbreak include the following: Alabama (1), Arkansas (1), Arizona (3), California (6), Colorado (2), Georgia (2), Illinois (13), Indiana (1), Iowa (2), Kansas (1), Kentucky (2), Louisiana (1), Massachusetts (3), Maryland (1), Michigan (12), Minnesota (2), Mississippi (1), Missouri (4), Nebraska (2), Nevada (1), New York (2), North Carolina (3), Ohio (10), Oklahoma (1), Oregon (1), Pennsylvania (5), South Dakota (3), Tennessee (2), Texas (14), Utah (1), and Wisconsin (4).

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