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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration says salmonella bacteria in Veggie Booty snack food caused a 19-state disease outbreak earlier this year.
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON Tests have confirmed that a strain of salmonella found in Veggie Booty snack food was responsible for an outbreak of the disease last spring that sickened 61 people, including two in New Jersey, the Food and Drug Administration said.
WASHINGTON - A New Jersey spice importer supplied the salmonella-contaminated seasoning used on snack food that has sickened 60 people, most of them infants and toddlers, the company recalling the snacks said Thursday. Robert's American Gourmet Inc.
By Robert E. Kessler, Newsday, Melville, N.Y. Jul. 4--The Sea Cliff company that produces Veggie Booty, which has been linked to the salmonella poisoning of more than 50 people nationwide, said yesterday that seasonings imported from China had likely contaminated its recalled snack food.