The recent Salmonella Rissen outbreak due to recalled Uncle Chen’s and Lian How spices that sickened over 60 people in Washington, California, Oregon, and Nevada has caused several of our clients to ask:  “How rare is Salmonella Rissen? 
To fully answer that question, some background is needed.
Every year, over 40,000 people culture positive for one of over 2500 [...]

Union International Food Co. (UIFC) is further expanding the recall of Lian How brand and Uncle Chen brand dry spices to include ALL types of dry spice products in 15-pound and smaller containers (boxes, plastic bags & wide mouth jars) and 30-pound boxes and smaller packages of crushed chili because of salmonella contamination.
The following additional dry [...]