FDA Warns Consumers of Botulism Risk in La Ruche Tapenade, Etc.
The Food and Drug Administration is warning consumers not to eat tapenade or spreadable dried tomato paste manufactured by the French food company La Ruche. French health authorities have reported an outbreak of botulism in France linked to the company’s…
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products sold under the brand names “Les délices de Marie-Claire,” “Terre de Mistral” and Les Secrets d’Anaïs.” Eight adults are currently suffering from respiratory failure as a result of eating foods containing the neurotoxin produced by Clostridium botulinum. French authorities have ordered production halted at the company’s facility in France and have directed that all products sold under those brand names be recalled.