April 10 2010 Salmonella Tyhpi Linked to Mamey Fruit
- Organism:
- Salmonella
- Vehicle:
- Fruit and Vegetable Juice, Mamey Fruit
Mamey fruit pulp, or juice, produced by COCO, S.A. of Guatemala, and distributed under the brand names, Goya (Goya Foods, Inc.), and La Nuestra (Montalvan Sales), was implicated in an outbreak of typhoid fever in three states. Laboratory isolates co…Read More »
December 98 1998 Salmonella Typhi Linked to Mamey Fruit Juice
- Organism:
- Salmonella
- Vehicle:
- Fruit, Mamey Juice
An outbreak of Salmonella Typhi occurred in Florida and was linked to the consumption of fruit shakes (batidos) made with frozen, mamey fruit. Mamey is a tropical fruit that is popular in Central America. The fruit had been commercially processed, …Read More »