MINNEAPOLIS: FDA: Cereal tied to at least 23 salmonella cases - (USA Today/AP)
April 12, 2008 – 9:51 pmhttp://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2008-04-12-cereal-recall_N.htm?csp=34
MINNEAPOLIS–At least 23 people in 14 states have been sickened by the same strain of salmonella found in two breakfast cereals recalled by Malt-O-Meal, the federal Food and Drug Administration said Saturday.
Officials in Minnesota are investigating whether a case in that state might be linked to the cereals produced by the Minneapolis-based company, the state health department said.
Malt-O-Meal voluntarily recalled its unsweetened Puffed Rice and Puffed Wheat cereals April 5 after finding salmonella contamination during routine testing. The affected bags were produced in the past 12 months in Northfield.
“The Malt-O-Meal company has been extremely cooperative in this investigation and has done the right thing to protect the public’s health,” Heidi Kassenborg, director of the dairy and food inspection division at the Minnesota Department of Agriculture, said in a statement.
Three people have been hospitalized, but no deaths have been reported, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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