US Embassy reassures Vietnam over tainted apple fears

The U.S. Embassy in Hanoi provided Thursday detailed information suggesting that no apples tainted with listeria from the United States have been exported to Vietnam, while local authorities too reported no discovery of the contaminated fruits so far.

Granny Smith and Gala apples were on January 6 subject to a voluntary recall by Bidart Brothers, as environmental testing revealed contamination with listeria monocytogenes at the firm’s apple packing facility.

Bidart Brothers is based in Bakersfield, California, whereas “over 98 percent of all apples exported from the United States to Vietnam come from Washington State,” the U.S. Embassy in Hanoi said in a press release yesterday.

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