Avoid raw alfalfa sprouts due to salmonella risk

From News 8 Austin, April 27, 2009...

Government health officials are telling people to avoid eating raw alfalfa sprouts, because they could be contaminated with a strain of salmonella.

Officials have received 31 reports of illness associated with eating raw alfalfa sprouts in Michigan, Minnesota, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Utah and West Virginia.

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HEB recalls peanut butter snacks

From Austin Business Journal, January 19, 2009...

H.E. Butt Grocery Co. is recalling all of its H-E-Buddy snack packs that contain peanut butter in response to a national outbreak of salmonella linked to one of its suppliers.

No HEB customers have reported any illnesses, the company adds.

The affected products include H-E-Buddy Celery w/Peanut Butter; H-E-Buddy Apples w/Peanut Butter and H-E-Buddy Snack Tray w/two Dips, all with expiration dates between Jan. 16 and Jan. 22.

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FDA Warns Consumers in New Mexico and Texas Not to Eat Certain Types of Tomatoes

The Food and Drug Administration is alerting consumers in New Mexico and Texas that a salmonellosis outbreak appears to be linked to consumption of certain types of raw red tomatoes and products containing raw red tomatoes. The bacteria causing the illnesses are Salmonella serotype Saintpaul, an uncommon type of Salmonella.

http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/NEWS/2008/NEW01843.html