Consumer Reports has released details of an investigation highlighting the most contaminated poultry processing plants in the U.S., pinpointing those with persistently high levels of Salmonella contamination.

The worst offenders
Based on data from the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), the report identifies 56 plants across 22 states

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Butterball, LLC, of Mount Olive, NC,  is recalling 14,107 pounds of ground turkey products that may be contaminated with extraneous materials, specifically blue plastic. 

According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announcement, the problem was discovered when FSIS and the establishment received consumer complaints
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Mount Olive, NC-based Butterball LLC has recalled more than 78,000 pounds of raw ground turkey products in connection with an outbreak of antibiotic-resistant Salmonella Schwarzengrund, according to the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service and the CDC.

“Whole genome sequencing (WGS) analysis of 5 clinical isolates predicted antibiotic resistance to
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