Robert’s American Gourmet Inc.’s  is blaming Chinese seasoning suppliers for the Salmonella Wandsworth contamination in their Veggie Booty pirate snacks.
The company reports that there was a positive sample of Salmonella Wandsworth found in the seasoning, though no reports from health officials have confirmed this yet.  Newsday is reporting that yesterday afternoon the great lab folks at the Minnesota Department of Ag reported finding Salmonella in the snack product, but didn’t suggest the source.

Reprints of the Washington Post story this morning suggest that the Chinese ingredients are to blame.  But without the data, maybe this is just a convenient shifting of the problem to a country that has been in the news a lot lately. 

The shift of blame to suppliers has happened recently with a ground beef recall as well — both of these examples arise from processors who should know what their input suppliers do for food safety as part of HACCP prerequisite plans.