Michael Silberman, 86 and from Florida , was hospitalized for two weeks with meningitis and encephalitis – or swelling in the brain – and sepsis , or potentially fatal blood poisoning, after he ate a turkey made by the billion dollar company in a sandwich. Michael Silberman, 86 and from Florida , was hospitalized for two weeks with meningitis and encephalitis – or swelling in the brain – and sepsis , or potentially fatal blood poisoning, after he ate a turkey made by the billion dollar company in a sandwich.