date:May 23, 2012
The tempeh starter, a fungal culture imported from Indonesia and sold over the Internet, has been linked to an outbreak of Salmonella Paratyphi B infection that has sickened more than 80 people, the majority of them residents of Buncombe County, NC.
Tempeh Online sold the starter yeast to Smiling Hara Tempeh, which earlier had to recall all of its soybean tempeh made between January 11 and April 11 after outbreak victims said they had eaten the product. Testing by the North Carolina Department