On Dec 21, 10:49*am, Don Gabacho > wrote:
> Salmonella fear prompts recall of Mexico-grown basil
> By JACOB ADELMAN Associated Press Writer
> Article Launched: 12/20/2007 10:38:28 AM PST
>
> LOS ANGELES--Some 5,500 pounds of basil grown in Mexico and sold in the
> United States was recalled because of fears it may be infected with
> salmonella, a spokesman for the importer said Thursday.
>
> The basil was imported from a farm in Mexico's southern Baja
> California region on Dec. 5 and sold to food distributors in Southern
> California, Texas and Illinois the following day, said Alberto
> Martinez, a spokesman for Los Angeles-based importer Top Line
> Specialty Produce.
>
> The Southern California distributor sold the basil to restaurants and
> other food service customers, but it was unknown whether the other
> distributors sold to food service customers or retailers, he said.
>
> No illnesses have been reported to date.
>
> U.S. Food and Drug Administration inspectors detected the possible
> contamination during a random check as the basil passed over the Otay
> Mesa border crossing in San Diego County, Martinez said.
>
> Top Line continued to import basil and other herbs from the Green
> Paradise farm in the Los Cabos area, where the potentially
> contaminated product was grown, processed and bagged, until the FDA
> alerted the company about its inspection results on Tuesday, he said.
>
> The company immediately stopped imports from that farm and issued its
> recall on Wednesday, Martinez said.
>
> FDA spokeswoman Cathy McDermott said Top Line did not learn about the
> potential contamination until two weeks after the samples were taken
> because it took that long for the
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> specimens to be analyzed and for the results to be reported.
>
> The "Green Paradise"-brand basil affected by the recall was shipped in
> sets of 12 one-pound boxes marked with lot No. 1219.
>
> Salmonella can cause diarrhea, fever and abdominal cramps within 72
> hours of consumption. It is usually found in food contaminated with
> animal feces, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and
> Prevention.

Enjoy Mexican products.

greg

"greg3347" > wrote in message
...
On Dec 21, 10:49 am, Don Gabacho > wrote:
> Salmonella fear prompts recall of Mexico-grown basil
> By JACOB ADELMAN Associated Press Writer
> Article Launched: 12/20/2007 10:38:28 AM PST
>
> LOS ANGELES--Some 5,500 pounds of basil grown in Mexico and sold in the
> United States was recalled because of fears it may be infected with
> salmonella, a spokesman for the importer said Thursday.


Enjoy Mexican products.

greg

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We are so lucky to live in a country where this sort of thing never happens.

http://www.fsis.usda.gov/news_&_even...ease/index.asp

Right? Ya know what I mean?

On Fri, 21 Dec 2007 10:48:04 -0800 (PST), greg3347
> wrote:

>
>Enjoy Mexican products.
>
Thank NAFTA for that.


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