Test results on two strains of Listeria bacteria found at a California apple processing facility are believed to be the same strains associated with the recent outbreak involving pre-packaged caramel apples that caused 32 people in the United States to become sick and at least three to die, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has confirmed.
The FDA’s laboratory analyses were performed on samples collected from Bidart Brothers Apple Packing Co.’s plant in Bakersfield, Calif., the company said in a Jan. 9 recall notice posted on the FDA’s website.
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