You may want to check your pantry, refrigerator and freezer. Many of the products that use a common flavor enhancer may be contaminated with Salmonella.
The Food and Drug Administration is investigating findings of Salmonella Tennessee in hydrolyzed vegetable protein (HVP) manufactured by Basic Food Flavors, Inc., in Las Vegas, NV.
Among the products that may be contaminated T. Marzetti dips and dressings, Hawaiian chips, Follow your Heart products and more.
You can find a list of all the products here.
Salmonella is an organism that can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems. Healthy people infected with Salmonella often experience fever, diarrhea (which may be blood), nausea,vomiting, and abdominal pain. Most healthy people recover from Salmonella infections within four to seven days without treatment.
In rare circumstances, infection with Salmonella can result in the organism getting into the bloodstream and producing more severe illnesses, such as arterial infections (infected aneurysms), infection of the lining of the heart, and arthritis.
