Pepper Gift Set Recalled After Supplier Detects A Toxin And Mold

It could take up to three months to drive between Europe and South Africa, according to Adventurism.tv. Nevertheless, their cuisines are linked, as Tasting Table learned from Prue Leith of "The Great British Bake Off" fame, during an exclusive interview. In fact, that's one of any number of reasons you might want to consider South African sparkling wines when considering affordable alternatives to France-sourced Champagne. Of course, other parts of the world have influenced South African cuisine as well, per Something South African LLC, a Seattle, Washington-based company (SSA) that specializes in specialty food product imports from South Africa. SSA's imports include among other things, regional curries, Rooibos teas, and a curated variety of Asia-influenced spices, along with European-influenced specialty food products.

One of the specialty food products that SSA counts among its imports is a small gift set made up of a variety of dried peppers, each sourced from someplace considered influential in South African cuisine, according to a company announcement that the FDA published on December 15 on its Recalls, Market Withdrawals, & Safety Alerts page. SSA's "Pepper Collection Gift Set" is made up of eight petite, individually sealed glass tubes, each containing a small sampling of a different kind of dried pepper, including Brazilian Pink, Chinese Szechuan, Vietnamese Black, Indian Green, and Malaysian Long. Unfortunately, that company announcement was made for the purpose of recalling that pepper gift set, due to the possible presence of the toxin, Ochratoxin A, and related Aspergillus mold in some tubes.