Salmonella outbreak causes Trader Joe’s to recall
Trader Joe’s took herbs made by a Miami area company off the shelves of stores in 29 states and issued a recall of those already sold after a CDC and FDA investigation linked the herbs to a salmonella outbreak.
This recall involves Infinite Herbs Organic Basil from Feb. 1 through April 6 at Trader Joe’s stores in Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, Missouri, Kentucky, Georgia, Illinois, Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, Alabama, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, New Hampshire, Ohio, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, Wisconsin and Washington, D.C.
Seven of the 12 people in the outbreak “purchased or likely purchased” the organic basil from Trader Joe’s.
Infinite Herbs is run out of Doral by President, Secretary and Treasurer Grego Berliavsky and Vice President of Operations Dalmiro Rodriguez, state of Florida records show.
Salmonella is among the most common foodborne illnesses, making 1.35 million people in the United States sick each year, hospitalizing about 26,500 and killing about 420.
Usually, it just means four to seven days of stomachaches, fever and diarrhea. As with most foodborne illnesses, those under 5 years old and over 65 years old are in greater danger of getting the worst salmonella symptoms.
