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
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
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
- 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
- ^ "Koch's Family History - A Family Farm, Tamaqua, PA". kochsturkey.com.
External links
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
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
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
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
- 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
- ^ "Koch's Family History - A Family Farm, Tamaqua, PA". kochsturkey.com.
External links
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