Mexico Confirmed as Source of Salmonella Sickening Americans!
Posted on Monday, July 14 @ 09:30:52 EDT
Topic: Diseases Biohazards illegal immigration
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 ALIPAC NOTE: Again the US Government fails to protect citizens from harmful foods and products! CDC reports that 40% of visitors to Mexico get sick from the drinking water, is it any surprise that the water used for agriculture is poisoning our citizens???
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Salmonella found in basil grown in Mexico
FDA finds the germ in herbs imported by a Garden Grove firm. The product is recalled in three states.
From Bloomberg News
July 12, 2008
Salmonella, the
bacterium that has sickened more than 1,000 Americans who ate tainted
produce since April, has also 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, the agency said Friday. The
product has been recalled from Southern California, Arizona and Nevada,
where it was distributed directly and sold in retail stores.
FDA officials have boosted inspections of Mexican exports as they look for the origin of the Salmonella
Saintpaul outbreak that has spread to 42 states since mid-April.
Although the focus has been on certain types of tomatoes grown in
Mexico and Florida, officials said this week that jalapenos caused some
illnesses and serrano peppers and cilantro also were under
investigation.
Topics: Salmonella, Mexico, Mexican, foods, sickness, diseases, bio hazards, Americans, FDA, US Government, lost lives
"Every importer from Mexico has to go through the inspection," said
Tony Ton, whose family runs Lucky Green. "That's a new thing. Every
year, we used to have one or two occasions where FDA has to do a random
inspection."
No illnesses have been linked to Lucky Green's herbs. The firm's
Thai basil comes from the town of Santa Rosa Tapachula in Nayarit, a
state on the west-central coast of Mexico. It sells no other products
this time of the year, Ton said.
Three shipments of Thai basil from the same Mexican grower passed
inspection last week, so Lucky Green is checking on whether the latest
batch was contaminated by another grower in the same area, Ton said.
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