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"If you live in the southwestern United States and you&amp;#039;re planning on doing a little grilling, you may want to do a quick scan of your spices first. A southwestern spice company has recalled several of its products containing ground red pepper because they have the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella. Adams Extract and Spice is recalling 12 of its products after learning that another company which had purchased ground red pepper from the same supplier found samples of Salmonella in their batch. The supplying company is Van de Vries Spice Co. of East Brunswick, N.J, and they - turn - received the pepper from a supplier in India. &amp;quot;We&amp;#039;ve worked with these folks for years and years, and never had a problem&amp;quot; said Stan Gorski, president of Van de Vries. For that matter, when tested the first time, the pepper came up negative for Salmonella, he said, and it was only after a subsequent test the results came back positive. Gorski reported the results to the Food and Drug Administration, and after discussion with the federal agency, issued a channel withdrawal. Only four companies had received the potentially contaminated pepper from Van de Vries, and three of those only received a few hundred pounds. As a result, the New Jersey spice dealer was able to immediately follow up on the problem. Only Adams Extract and Spice - a company with a long relationship with Van de Vries - had distributed any of the pepper.  &amp;quot;We knew exactly who got what,&amp;quot; said Gorski. As a result, a wider recall from Van de Vries wasn&amp;#039;t necessary. Meanwhile, the company&amp;#039;s Indian supplier is conducting an investigation to try and locate the source of the contamination, he said. After conducting its own tests, Adams has found no Salmonella in its products, said Jennifer Hawkes, a spokesperson for the Texas company, but is recalling the spices out of caution. No illnesses have been reported. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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