Prevalence, serotype diversity, and antimicrobial resistance of Salmonella in imported shipments of spice offered for entry to the United States, FY2007-FY2009

► Examined imported spice shipments offered for entry to U.S. for Salmonella. ► Mean Salmonella (S.) prevalence for FY2007-FY2009 was 0.066 (95% CI 0.057-0.076). ► Some pathogen reduction treated shipments were contaminated. ► Some differences in S. shipment prevalence among spice type/export country. ► Wide diversity of S. serotypes found in spice shipments, low frequency per serotype.