Salmonella found in basil grown in MEXICO, FDA says - (Bloomberg News)
July 11, 2008 – 8:44 pmA strain of salmonella, the bacteria that has sickened more than 1,000 Americans who ate tainted produce since April, has been found in Thai basil grown in Mexico.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration identified salmonella during random testing of basil imported by Lucky Green Trading Inc., a family-run company based in Garden Grove, California, the agency said today in a statement on its Web site. The product has been recalled from Southern California, Arizona and Nevada, where it was distributed directly and sold at retail stores.
The basil was found to have a different strain of salmonella than the salmonella Saintpaul traced to the current outbreak, said FDA spokesman Michael Herndon.
“Every importer from Mexico has to go through the inspection,” said Tony Ton, whose family runs Lucky Green, in a phone interview today. “That’s a new thing. Every year, we used to have one or two occasions where FDA has to […]
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