Minnesota Salmonella Cases Linked to Veggie Booty
The Minnesota Department of Agriculture has isolated the outbreak strain of Salmonella Wandsworth from a sealed bag of Veggie Booty snack food obtained from a store. Salmonella Wandsworth is a relatively rare strain of Salmonella that most often tends to cause disease in young children. Unlike most Salmonella strains, Salmonella Wandsworth can cause bloody diarrhea. Two of the CDC-reported cases occurred in Minnesota -- in a six-month-old boy and an 11-month-old girl, both from the Twin Cities metro area. Neither child required hospitalization. According to the Minnesota Department of Health, no cases of Salmonella Wandsworth have ever been reported before in Minnesota.
