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Health Officials Hunt Source of Tainted Turkey

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    Investigators link salmonella outbreak to ground poultry

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Don't -- -- and and word coming in of a major recall finally linked to the nationwide Salmonella outbreak.

The US Department of Agriculture is just announce a recall of 36 million pounds of ground Turkey from a company called -- -- The USDA indicates that Turkey is linked to the death of one person in California and officials -- -- -- -- Salmonella bacteria.

Has also made at least 76 people sick across the state she's seen yellow.

That she talks were correspondent Jonathan hundred New York City denied any indication whether Cargill is the only culprit.

Well Cog Hill which by the way is one of the biggest food processing companies in the country is based in Minnesota is the only company so fought named.

By the department of agriculture's -- they tell us just a few moments ago.

That they will have more information tonight so we may know definitively then whether this is the only source all of that tainted Turkey.

But given that there have been these schools of cases across.

26.

States in total it's safe to say that this investigation is ongoing -- that the truth is often if it's really easy for people to keep from getting sick on that yet there are a bunch of very simple steps that people can take according to doctor Caroline Cromwell of Fox's medical eighteen listen.

Cook the -- don't try to -- under cooked Turkey.

-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Wash your hands clean the surface is that the meat was touching.

But given the figures -- quite staggering -- Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack was actually talking.

To the international association of food protection in Washington DC today and these -- the figures He gave back this year.

One in six Americans will get sick from food -- -- illnesses.

128000.

Will be hospitalized.

And this year alone three it.

Thousand Americans will die from food borne illnesses it is clearly a major issue in this country -- Jonathan -- in New York tonight Jonathan thank you there's word of more cyber attacks here in the US.

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