Salmonella outbreak prompts Trader Joe's to recall herbs sold in 29 states
Trader Joe’s has recalled packaged herbs linked to a multistate salmonella outbreak, the grocery chain announced this week.
Trader Joe’s has recalled packaged herbs linked to a multistate salmonella outbreak, the grocery chain announced this week.
The product, Infinite Herbs organic basil, was sold in 2.5-ounce clamshell containers from Feb. 1 to April 6 in 29 states, as well as in Washington, D.C., Trader Joe’s said Wednesday.
There have been 12 reports in seven states of people being infected with salmonella, an organism that can cause serious or fatal illness, according to federal officials. One person was hospitalized.
“Seven of eight cases with information available reported exposure to fresh organic basil purchased from Trader Joe’s before becoming ill,” the Food and Drug Administration said on its website, adding that “traceback data” it had collected determined that Florida-based Infinite Herbs had supplied the basil to Trader Joe’s.
Grego Berliavsky, the head of Infinite Herbs, said Wednesday that the company had voluntarily recalled the product.
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