News tagged with 'Salmonella Saintpaul'

Stay away from the alfalfa sprouts until a contamination by Salmonella Saintpaul is identified and cleared up, warns federal health officials. 31 cases in six states are linked to the foodborne illness. The warning includes sprout combinations as they may contain the alfalfa seed.  

The mysterious Salmonella Saintpaul has been found in a serrano pepper in Mexico- considered a key breakthrough in sourcing the food-borne outbreak. The next step will be to determine if water or handling, at the farm or in the packing house is the source of the Salmonella that's sickened 1,300 in the U.S. and Canada.