Nightly News   |  August 03, 2011

USDA announces recall of ground turkey

The Agriculture Department says meat giant Cargill is recalling 36 million pounds of ground turkey linked to a death in California and at least 76 other salmonella illnesses. NBC's Brian Williams reports.

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BRIAN WILLIAMS, anchor: And we had early warning of this last night. Now it's an official government recall in this country, 36 million pounds of Cargill ground turkey, some of it contaminated with salmonella, believed responsible for at least 76 illnesses nationwide and one death in the state of California . Up next, as