Multistate Outbreak of Salmonella Wandsworth Infections

July 5, 2007

Update 2: Multistate Outbreak of Salmonella Wandsworth Infections - United States, 2007

As of July 3 at 11 a.m. ET, 57 persons infected with Salmonella Wandsworth have been reported to CDC from 18 states. Please go to the following page for more information.
http://www.cdc.gov/salmonella/wandsworth.htm

Recall - Firm Press Release - July 2

Robert's American Gourmet Food, Inc. of Sea Cliff, New York is expanding its snack recall to include Super Veggie Tings Crunchy Corn Sticks Snack Food, all lots and sizes, because it has the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella, an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems.
http://www.fda.gov/oc/po/firmrecalls/roberts07_07.html

Photo: Robert's American Gourmet Veggie Booty
http://www.fda.gov/oc/po/firmrecalls/photos/roberts06_07.html

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