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STORY BEHIND ONE SALMONELLA CASE

September 15th, 2008 · No Comments · Food Borne Illness, Food Safety, Recalls, Salmonella

A Colorado family, the Grubbs, that is suing Wal-Mart over their failure to pull salmonella-contaminated jalapeno peppers off their shelves relates their ordeal in Lawyers and Settlements.

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BORDER DISPUTE OVER LAB RESULTS

August 12th, 2008 · No Comments · FDA, Food Borne Illness, Food Safety, Salmonella

Though their samples came from the same pepper field in Mexico, the FDA and Mexico’s labs have announced drastically different results in their investigation into the source of the salmonella saintpaul, which has affected over 1300 Americans.
The FDA maintains that the farm’s water and peppers tested positive for the salmonella strain. Mexico says the water [...]

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RECALLS OF PEPPERS STARTING

July 28th, 2008 · No Comments · FDA, Food Borne Illness, Food Safety, Recalls, Salmonella

Two companes are recalling peppers and other products, according to the FDA.
Agricola Zaragoza, of McAllen, Texas, is recalling jalapeno peppers that were infected with the same strain of salmonella saintpaul that is responsible for more than 1,200 illnesses. It hasn’t yet been established if their particular peppers, distributed in Georgia and Texas, are responsible for [...]

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