Personal Injury Law

Salmonella Outbreak linked to Goya Frozen Mamey Fruit

By Bill Marler, Esq.

Investigators linked traces of salmonella typhi, the bacterium that causes typhoid fever, to a Goya brand frozen fruit product containing mamey fruit pulp. The fruit, also known as zapote and sapote is grown in Central and South America and often used in shakes and smoothies.

Typhoid fever has infected four southern Nevadans and five others in California. Typhoid fever is rare in the U.S., with an estimated 400 cases reported annually, health officials said.

Symptoms of typhoid fever include a sustained fever, stomach pains, headaches, anorexia, a slow heart rate, malaise, constipation or diarrhea or a nonproductive cough.

Full post as published by Marler Blog on August 12, 2010 (boomark / email).