“…In the United Sates, Salmonella outbreaks are most commonly associated with uncooked/under cooked poultry (30%), pork (8%), beef (8%), eggs (24%), fish (2%), dairy (5%) [11]. The consumption of contaminated fresh vegetables and fruits, such as alfalfa sprouts, tomatoes, lettuce, spinach, melons, and cantaloupes is also an important source of Salmonella infections [9,12,13]. In addition, Salmonella has been isolated from a variety of dried food or processed products such as peanut butter, whole egg powder, cereals, herbs, chocolates, almonds, pecans, soy bean meal, spices and dried mushrooms [14].…”