Pentagon recalls Thanksgiving MREs contaminated with real turkey

Troops were almost hurt.

By Danger Close

QUANTICO, Va. — The Pentagon on Wednesday issued an emergency recall of more than 750,000 Meals, Ready to Eat after it was discovered the rations had been contaminated with real turkey.

"Shredded Tryptophan-Induced Poultry Product in Gravy Sauce," deemed item 12 in the latest batch of MREs shipped across the globe last week, was found to c…