ampered Baby Food in Orange County Contained Ricin, Police Say
IRVINE, Calif. (AP) 7.28.04, 12:55p -- The FBI says trace amounts of the poison ricin have been found in at least one jar of baby food that was tampered with last month.
The FBI and the Irvine Police Department are investigating the suspected food tampering and no arrests have been made.
Authorities have not disclosed the amount of ricin discovered, the number of baby food jars that contained the deadly poison or any possible motive. (Further details are expected to be released at a 3 pm news conference.)
On June 16th, a man called police in Irvine to report he found a note inside a jar of baby food warning that the container had been contaminated.
A similar case was reported by an Irvine couple on May 31st involving the same baby food, Gerber Banana Yogurt. Neither baby became ill.
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