SAN ANTONIO — The results of tests done at a Texas food-processing company that was shuttered Wednesday by state health authorities after contaminated celery was linked to four deaths will likely come next week, a Food and Drug Administration official said Friday.
Sherri McGarry of the FDA said the analysis of samples taken by the federal agency at SanGar Produce & Processing Co. on Oct. 15 wasn’t complete. She did not know a specific day when the results would be available.
It was not clear Friday whether the FDA’s sample came from the same batch taken Oct. 11 by the state and an independent lab hired by the company. SanGar is testing to try to prove that Texas health officials wrongly traced listeria to the plant.
The state health department said the produce was sold to restaurants, schools and hospitals but likely wasn’t sold in grocery stores.
