Food Safety

Produce supplier says FDA cleared it in salmonella outbreak

Published in TB and Outbreaks Week, September 14th, 2004

The produce company targeted in two lawsuits over a salmonella outbreak at Sheetz convenience stores said August 26, 2004, it has been cleared by federal investigators of responsibility in the outbreak.

Tests conducted by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) between July 20 and July 26 found no evidence of the bacteria at the Wheeling, West Virginia, plant owned by Coronet Foods, the company said.

Calls to the FDA to confirm the report August 26, 2004, were not immediately returned.

Based on lab tests and interviews with people sickened after eating sandwiches at Sheetz, the FDA believes the carrier of the bacteria was Roma...

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