Another view: Salmonella Saintpaul outbreak - (Frozen Food Age)
August 8, 2008 – 11:31 pmAs investigation of the Salmonella saintpaul strain continued, the United Fresh Produce Association, Washington, D.C., provided an update on July 30 that U.S. Food and Drug Administration investigators had discovered the Salmonella saintpaul strain in irrigation water and serrano peppers on a farm in Mexico, where jalapeno peppers are also grown.
According to FDA, the farm where the contaminated water was found grows only jalapeno and serrano peppers. It supplied a packing facility in Mexico that also did business with Agricola Zaragosa, the McAllen, Texas, distributor where FDA inspectors had previously found tainted jalapeno peppers. The farm and the packing facility are located in Nuevo Leon, a state in northeastern Mexico. A portion of Nuevo Leon borders Texas. FDA was trying to determine if there is a connection between the sample from the farm that contained Salmonella saintpaul with the sample found in McAllen, Texas.
FDA also said on July 30 that […]
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