( CNN ) -- Cargill Meat Solutions Corp. has announced for the second time in less than six weeks a voluntary recall of ground turkey products after tests found they were contaminated with a strain of salmonella bacteria that can prove fatal . `` That 's one of the challenges and frustrations about trying to get one 's arms around a naturally and randomly occurring bacterium that exists throughout the environment , '' said Mike Martin , director of communications for the company in Wichita , Kansas . `` It is frustrating but it strengthens our resolve to also do more to find additional methods and measures that are going to further reduce the potential for pathogens that can cause food-borne illnesses . '' The latest recall , of 185,000 pounds of ground turkey meat , was announced Sunday for products produced August 23 and 24 , and 30 and 31 from the company 's establishment in Springdale , Arkansas . No illnesses have been linked to the current recall . The previous recall was one of the largest in history , affecting 36 million pounds of ground turkey meat produced at the plant between February 20 and August 2 . In all , 2 million pounds of the tainted meat were recovered and buried in a landfill . Federal health authorities said the August recall was associated with an outbreak of multi-drug-resistant Salmonella Heidelberg , which killed one person and sickened 111 others in 31 states . After the outbreak was discovered , the company suspended production of ground turkey products at the processing facility for eight days and instituted stricter production processes , Martin said . In the wake of the August recall , antibacterial washes were added and `` the most aggressive sampling and monitoring program in the industry '' was put into place , Martin said . But federal health officials took a sample on August 24 and found the same Heidelberg variant of the bacteria , one that is resistant to a number of antibiotics . A second sample taken on August 30 came back with a presumptive match , he said . `` We know it came in with the birds , '' he said . `` We 're looking at the entire supply chain back to , obviously , bird farms . '' He added , `` We understand that people expect their food to be safe when they purchase it , and we are going to do everything we can to ensure that 's the case . '' But the ubiquity of the bacteria means there could be similar recalls in the future , he said . The U.S. Department of Agriculture 's Food Safety and Inspection Service recommends meat be cooked to an inner temperature of 165 degrees Fahrenheit ( 74 Celsius ) , a temperature that kills bacteria . Infection with the bacteria can cause people to develop diarrhea , fever and abdominal cramps 12 to 72 hours after infection . The sickness usually lasts four to seven days , and most people recover without treatment . But , in some cases , it can cause severe diarrhea and require hospitalization . If the infection spreads from the intestines to the bloodstream and then elsewhere in the body , the bacteria can prove fatal , according to public health experts .
Cargill Meat Solutions Corp. recalls 185,000 pounds of ground turkey meat products . Last month , the company recalled 36 million pounds of ground turkey products . The recall was triggered by a salmonella outbreak linked to raw chicken and pork that sickened at least nine people in three states last year.