Sprout grower to face charges after recall?
After the recall in 2012, FDA investigators inspected the facility and found “numerous insanitary conditions and practices that may have contributed directly or indirectly to contamination of your sprouts with pathogens and filth.” There were rodent droppings in bags of mung beans, and gnawed marks on bags of soybeans in the refrigerated seed storage area. Inspectors also noted a “foul odor consistent with rodent infestations.”
In late November 2014, a second recall was linked to Henry’s sprouts. Virginia’s agriculture department confiscated and destroyed the product and production at the facility was halted. An official from the department stated that because compliance was voluntary, all options, including criminal charges, were being considered.
No illnesses have been linked to sprouts from Henry’s Farm, but earlier this year a Listeria outbreak linked to sprouts produced by Wholesome Soy Products of Chicago sickened five people, two of them died.
Source: foodpoisoningbulletin.com
