New Food Threat: FDA Recalls Veggie Booty Snacks

New Food Threat: FDA Recalls Veggie Booty Snacks

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Veggie Booty, a snack particularly popular among small children, may carry Salmonella food poisoning and should be thrown out, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said.

The FDA said on Thursday at least 52 people in 17 states had become sick after eating the green-colored snack food marketed by Robert's American Gourmet. The New Jersey-based company said it had temporarily stopped making and selling the snack, which contains spinach, kale and other vegetables.

"Almost all the illnesses have occurred in children under 10 years old, with the most cases in toddlers. Most persons had reported bloody diarrhea; four were hospitalized," the FDA said in a statement.

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Again we have a contamination in a food product. This time it's Salmonella. The rate that these instances are occuring is quite alarming. How can so many different products be affected in such a short amount of time?

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Thanks for posting this, I just put it out to all my friends and family.

And what in the world is going on? Contaminated foods seem to be getting more and more common lately.

Veggie bootie? Is that anything like my cute vegetarian neighbor?