Smoked salmon blamed for salmonella outbreak

By Mike Corder, Candice Choi

Published October 2, 2012 4:00am ET

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Smoked salmon blamed for salmonella outbreak — FILE- This Sunday, Dec. 2004 file photo, shows smoked salmon on toasted rye rounds with dilled cream cheese and sour cream. Smoked salmon tainted with salmonella bacteria has sickened hundreds of people in the Netherlands and the United States, sparking a major recall health authorities said Tuesday, Oct. 2, 201. (AP Photo/Mike Hentz, File) | MIKE HENTZ

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Smoked salmon tainted with salmonella bacteria has sickened hundreds of people in the Netherlands and the United States, sparking a major recall, health authorities said Tuesday.

The National Institute for Public Health and the Environment said the salmon has been traced to Dutch company Foppen, which sells fish to many major Dutch supermarkets and to stores around the world, including the United States.

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