Salmonella found in basil grown in Mexico

[MadInChicago]

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.

"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.


http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-b ... ?track=rss

[ALIPAC]

ooops! There it is! All of ya'll owe me 20 bucks!

W

[MadInChicago]

ooops! There it is! All of ya'll owe me 20 bucks!

W

$20.00 ???
I know I missed loging on for a couple of days, but what did I miss here online?

[redpony353]

YEP THERE IT IS!!!! AND IF THAT BASIL WAS TRANSPORTED WITH OTHER VEGGIES THEN YOU HAVE CROSS CONTAMINATION. THAT WOULD BE TRUE WITH THE PACKING HOUSES AND RESTAURANTS TOO.

[SOSADFORUS]

DUPLICATE POST
http://www.alipac.us/ftopict-123053-sal ... own+mexico

$20 BUCKS

[ALIPAC]

added to homepage with note

Mexico Confirmed as Source of Salmonella Sickening Americans!

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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http://www.alipac.us/article3358.html

[MW]

ALIPAC wrote:

added to homepage with note

Mexico Confirmed as Source of Salmonella Sickening Americans!

Shouldn't MyAmerica's original posting of the story be the one added to the homepage?

[mrrabbit]

ALIPAC wrote:

added to homepage with note

Mexico Confirmed as Source of Salmonella Sickening Americans!

Shouldn't MyAmerica's original posting of the story be the one added to the homepage?

Pretty good indication that William has been awful busy!

[mbrown]

Hmmmm...But most food is transported in separate boxes or plastic bags, or plastic contrainers.
First the common denominator was tomatoes (how silly), then it was maybe cilantro, jalepeno peppers, maybe serrano peppers.
Then the common denominator became salsa. I have never heard of basil used in making salsa!!

I firmly believe the problem originated in Mexico, but the problem has wrecked havoc on the US tomato industry.

I wonder if the problem was INTENDED to do that????

I have absolutely no trust in my Government anymore.

How sad.

[crazybird]

I firmly believe the problem originated in Mexico, but the problem has wrecked havoc on the US tomato industry.

I wonder if the problem was INTENDED to do that????

I have absolutely no trust in my Government anymore.

My thoughts exactly. Really makes you wonder.