meanwhile, U.S. snack food contains salmonella
Friday, June 29th, 2007But the FDA, meanwhile, is battling food contamination closer to home. Robert’s American Gourmet (Sea Cliff, N.Y.) is recalling the snack food Veggie Booty after the FDA linked the snack to salmonellosis outbreaks in 17 states. So far, 51 people have been infected, mostly children.
Symptoms of salmonella poisoning include fever, nausea, diarrhea, and abdominal pain. The infection is especially troublesome among children, the aged, and those with weakened immune systems, who have been known to die from the effects of salmonella.
Although Robert’s American Gourmet is still saying that the link between the salmonellosis and the snack food is unproven and circumstantial, an FDA source states unequivocally that “an ongoing investigation has identified Veggie Booty as the source of a multi-state outbreak of salmonellosis.”
The ongoing investigation began in March.
