The Food and Drug Administration's role in the canned salmon recalls of 1982
1983
Hayes, Arthur Hull Jr
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) traced the origin of a 7-3/4 ounce can of Alaskan salmon which was implicated in illness and 1 death in Belgium from Clostridium botulinum type E toxin. By the code number the can was identified as coming from a specific salmon packer. An investigation revealed that the equipment that reformed (reshaped) the cans (which arrived at the cannery in a nearly flattened state) might have been responsible for the contamination by producing leaky cans. The FDA requested the firm to recall its 1980 and 1981 production of salmon packaged in 7-3/4 ounce cans. Further work led to the recall of 300,000 cans from other producers who used the same type of equipment to reform cans; 22 defective cans were found. (kbc)
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