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The 2015 New York poisoned turkey incident was an outbreak of foodborne illness in New York from turkey meat that began in November 2015, during a week before Thanksgiving Day. People suffered from foodborne illness.
Context[edit]
Poisoned turkey meat was supplied to supermarkets of New York by “Koch’s Turkey Farm”. Koch's was one of the first in the United States to grow antibiotic-free turkeys with an all vegetarian diet. Farm raises over 800,000 turkeys annually. [1] However, there were about 200 registered cases of food poisoning, caused by products of “Koch’s Turkey Farm,” that occured during a week before Thanksgiving Day. People exhibited the same symptoms of food poisoning.
Symptoms, outbreak and treatment[edit]
About 200 patients were admitted to hospitals of New York with symptoms of food, including the abrupt onset of nausea and vomiting, fever heat, abdominal pain, diarrhea, etc.
See also[edit]
- 1984 Rajneeshee bioterror attack
- 2006 North American E. coli O157:H7 outbreaks
- List of foodborne illness outbreaks
- List of foodborne illness outbreaks in the United States
References[edit]
- ^ "Koch's Family History - A Family Farm, Tamaqua, PA". kochsturkey.com.
External links[edit]
Category:Food safety scandals Category:Foodborne illnesses Category:Medical outbreaks in the United States Category:Thanksgiving food Category:Mass poisoning Category:2015 in New York Category:2015 disasters in the United States Category:2015 health disasters Category:Health in New York