Salmonella in organic cherry tomatoes
7 June - USA: Alderman Farms Sales Corporation is recalling one pint containers of Certified Organic Cherry Tomatoes because they have the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella.
The Boynton Beach, Florida firm said the cherry tomatoes are packaged in square-shaped clear plastic clamshell containers labeled as Alderman Farms Organic Cherry Tomato, UPC number 6317195594, with a net weight of one pint and an estimated shelf life of 10 days.
The carton lot number affected by the recall is 13269 and the clamshell packages are distributed in cartons labeled Alderman Farms.
Alderman Farms became aware of the contamination after the US Food and Drug Administration collected a sample of the cherry tomatoes located at their Packing facility located in Boynton Beach, Florida where they found the cherry tomatoes to be contaminated.
However, Alderman Farms is investigating the source of the contamination and the firm has conducted an independent test on the same lot and it was found to be negative of Salmonella.