The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is throwing its nets over more pepper suspected as the cause of a nationwide outbreak of Salmonella Montevideo that has infected 245 people in 44 states and the
Lawsuit Filed Against Pepper Producer
A lawsuit was filed last week on behalf of the family of Donna Pierce, a 69-year-old woman from Hayward, CA who died after consuming Salmonella-contaminated white pepper in April 2009. The suit was filed by
Wholesome Spice Recalls Red Pepper
The latest event in the nationwide Salmonella outbreak traced to the consumption of contaminated salami is the recall of crushed red pepper by Brooklyn, NY-based Wholesome Spice.
As the investigation enters it second month, the
Red Pepper Suspected in Salmonella Outbreak
Crushed red pepper may have been an accomplice to black pepper in the Salmonella outbreak that continues to befuddle food safety authorities in the United States.
That concern has for the third time led Rhode
CDC Adds To Outbreak Count
In its 11th update since the nationwide Salmonella outbreak went public on Jan. 22, the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta Tuesday added five cases to its count, bringing the total
Salmonella Montevideo Outbreak Grows
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta Tuesday added four people and two states to the Salmonella Montevideo outbreak linked to Italian-style salami manufactured by the Rhode Island-based Daniele Inc.
CDC now
Vietnam: Pepper Not Contaminated
Vietnam is not about to accept blame for the nationwide Salmonella Montevideo outbreak in the United States.
Do Ha Nam, chairman of Vietnam Pepper Association, says the Salmonella outbreak in the U.S. is probably due
Outbreak Recall Continues To Grow
For the second time, Rhode Island-based Daniele Inc. has added both poundage and products to its ongoing recall of Italian-style sausage products.
According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS),
Man Sues Salami Maker, Pepper Producer
Harold Lee Hanks was so ill, weak, and disoriented by Jan. 23 after eating salami he purchased at his local Wal-Mart six days earlier that his wife demanded that he go to the emergency room.
State Names Second Bad Pepper Distributor
Brooklyn’s Wholesome Spice and Seasonings was not the only company supplying black pepper contaminated with Salmonella Montevideo to Daniele Inc., the Rhode Island Department of Health said Wednesday.
Dayton, NJ’s Mincing Overseas Spice Company also