By SANCHESKA BROWN

Cargill, one of the largest meat processors in the United States, has recalled 36 million pounds of ground turkey because it may be contaminated with salmonella bacteria. However, officials here say, as far as they know, the Bahamas is not a part of the recall.

Investigators with the Centres for Disease Control say one person has died and at least 77 people in the US have fallen victim to salmonella poisoning.

Leon Lagat, meat specialist for City Market, assured customers the ground turkey in their stores is safe.

He said: "We have nothing in our stores that are a part of the recall.

"We get our meat from Bahamas Food Services (BFS) and they have assured us that we ha ...

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