Personal Injury Law

A few emails on Wholesome Spice and Daniele Salami for links to Salmonella Black Pepper

By Bill Marler

Ya really have to love the internet - Thanks Al Gore for inventing it!  Here are a few of the emails and comments we received this week:

Daniele

As a former owner of a spice company that did extensive work with food processors, I agree that the public has a right to know the information pertaining to this outbreak. However, using and/or selling untreated pepper is much akin to playing Russian Rullette with 5 bullets in the chamber. The price you pay to have pepper treated to lower micro's and eliminate things like e-coli, salmonella, and mold is nominal compared to the potential damage allowing untreated product to go out the door. I place the blame on three equally guilty parties; the importer who bought and shipped this product without testing or probably not requiring testing at the shipping point, Wholesome spice for selling product that they did not take due care to make sure micro's were within acceptable specification from ASTA (American Spice Trade Assoc), and Daniele's for accepting inferior product probably due to price considerations and not requiring COA's (Certificate of Analysis) that would show testing for and reduction of salmonella.

Wholesome

I run a spice company and agree with what is stated above. Wholesome's address is 74 Wythe Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11211 - Google it and use the street view option on Google maps and look at what a dump their facility is. Not even fit for dog food.

Ouch!  And, the phone calls are even better.

Full post as published by Marler Blog on January 30, 2010 (boomark / email).