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Royal Oak Supermarkets Unaffected by Salmonella Recall

Hollywood Super Market, Holiday Market and Oakridge Supermarket do not carry the products linked to the tainted ground turkey or cat food products.

Royal Oak grocery shoppers can buy in confidence that neither their cat food or ground turkey is affected by two recent USDA recalls.

The recalls, announced Wednesday by the USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service, affected a variety of Nestle Purina PetCare Co.'s dry cat food and Cargill Meat Solutions Corp.'s ground turkey, which may be contaminated by salmonella.

Representatives from  and  in Royal Oak say they don't carry the ground turkey, as theirs is ground fresh in the store. A representative from  said the store did not carry the recalled ground turkey as well. All three said they have not stocked the recalled cat food as well.

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The recall

  • According to the USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service, Cargill Meat Solutions Corp. of Springdale, AK, recently recalled around 36 million pounds of ground turkey products. These foods are distributed nationwide and contain a multiple drug-resistant type of Salmonella Heidelberg. Tens of illnesses and one death have been reported by the inspection service. The link above contains details about how to identify potentially contaminated meat.
  • According to a press release from Nestle Purina PetCare Co., the company is recalling some 3.5- and 7-pound bags of its Purina One Vibrant Maturity 7+ Dry Cat Food. The food was made from a single production run in December, 2010 and shipped to Michigan and 11 other states. The Vibrant Maturity 7+ Dry Cat Food was the sole Purina product in the recall. Follow the link above to learn more about how to identify the infected cat food.

Salmonella

  • According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, salmonella is a type of bacteria responsible for causing salmonellosis, an ailment with common symptoms of fever, abdominal cramps and diarrhea. 
  • Many instances of the disease only last four to seven days, but more severe infections of salmonella can lead to death if untreated. 
  • Children and the elderly, due to their relatively weak immune systems, are more likely to be among those salmonella sufferers to die.

Safety guidelines 

The U.S. Food Safety and Inspection Service offers the following tips:

  • Wash hands with warm, soapy water for at least 20 seconds before and after handling raw meat and poultry. Also wash cutting boards, dishes and utensils with hot soapy water. Clean up spills right away.
  • Keep raw meat, fish and poultry away from other food that will not be cooked. Use separate cutting boards for raw meat, poultry and egg products and cooked foods.
  • Cook raw meat and poultry to safe internal temperatures before eating. The safe internal temperature for ground meat such as beef and pork is 160 degrees Fahrenheit and 165 degrees Fahrenheit for poultry, as determined with a food thermometer.
  • Refrigerate raw meat and poultry within two hours after purchase (one hour if temperatures exceed 90 degrees Fahrenheit). Refrigerate cooked meat and poultry within two hours after cooking.

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