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More than 3,000 cases of bagged lettuce and spinach blends were recalled by Taylor Farms Retail due to worries about possible samonella contamination. The precautionary move followed a random test on a package of spinach by the State of Washington Department of Agriculture, the Salinas, Calif., company said Wednesday.
There have been no reported illnesses linked to the recalled products.
The bagged salad products include those with "best by" dates ranging from Oct. 18 to 21. They were marketed under the brand names Fresh Selections, HEB, Marketside and Taylor Farms and included bags of Romaine Blend, Asian Salad, Caesar Salad and Spring Mix items.
The products were distributed in Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Kentucky, Missouri, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia, Washington and Puerto Rico and sold in various retail supermarkets.
Consumers who have purchased the bagged salads are urged not to eat them and to discard them. Taylor Farms Retail can be contacted for further information at 1-877-323-7374. For a complete list of the recalled items, visit the FDA website.
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The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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How it is possible that we can't even F'n wash salad properly in this country anymore?
This is what happens when all of the farming is done by corporations and what happens when the small farmers aren't able to compete with them.
They are pushed out and then the corporations can get with the drug companies to determine what illnesses to give you so that they can sale you some more of their meds!!!!
40% of farming should be done by corporations and the remaining 60% should be done by individual farmers.
What is occurring in every industry accept for real estate is the fact that corporations are not leaving any room for small business owners.
While this is occurring the American dream is stolen due to legislation that helps these corporations prosper and eliminates the little man.
In all industries there needs to be a % of the market that are only for small business owners.
The government initiates a program similar to this when providing contracts to disadvantaged businesses applying for contracts but, it is only 3%.
But, at least they thought of the small guys a tiny bit.....
You can wash produce all you want, there is bound to be residual bacteria that is dangerous to a small portion of our population. It's not like you can put it in the dishwasher or soap it up. In fact, even though you wash your hands, you can still culture germs off it.
I don't care about eating bacteria, just the ones that make me sick!
All produce that comes into my house are rinsed in a mild hydrogen peroxide solution .... to kill any dangerous bacteria that may be on it ....
Peel-layer, you HAVE to know that, with a population boom in the US (and global) like we've seen the past 50 years, small farming is not sustainable and will not feed the US population much less leave any yield for export. For example US corn (of which over 90% is GM allowing for such yields) accounts for 75% of the global corn supply. You may argue that America should not feed the rest of the world. Ok. Then we sign the death certificate for billions of people who currently rely on this staple....not to mention lose $10billion + per year in export revenue. You see, there are real, practical, scientific and economic reasons we have moved from the family farm to large corporate farms.
Not to mention that "organic" eggs from a small farm in Minnesota were just recalled for the exact same reasons these large farms have recalls. Bacteria is ubiquitous on this planet, you will not escape by going to a small farm situation.
Contamination of packaged produce is usually from either improper sanitation in the harvesting/packaging process, or from improper fertilization with carnivore dung or sewage floods. Washing produce doesn't protect you from the latter two since it doesn't get inside the plant and may not even be enough to clean off the outside of the plant.
I buy organic produce and do not wash it unless it has dirt on it, and eat raw fish, undercooked beef, barely cooked eggs, etc and have been doing so for about 15 years now without once getting sick from it. The only food poisoning I've ever experienced was from some idiot restaurant employee not washing their hands before touching my food. The risk from the farms is either really low in the or I am immune to these bacteria.
It's not a matter of washing. It's because these food industries who process vegetables also process meats in the same facilities.
Go ahead and wash the pre-packaged salads, folks -- but how are ya gonna wash the pre-packaged CHEESE? That's right, that pre-packaged cheese (brick, sliced, grated, etc, etc) is processed the same way your pre-packaged salad fixin's are: By automated machinery.
Good luck washin' your cheese.
We really need to get rid of the gov. entities that watch over our food! What a waste of tax dollars!
so says the retarded teabagger.
These tainted food articles are becoming annoying now. How damn hard is it to pick lettuce, wash it and throw it in a plastic bag? Supposedly no one can find jobs, so if people at this plant aren't following food safety procedures fire them, and get someone else in to do it right.
perhaps it's because companies are pushing their employees to the limit and they then make mistakes or perhaps it's because companies shortcut safety
How hard is it to buy a head of lettuce and wash it yourself?
Those tainted cantelopes couldn't be cleaned, washing wouldn't have saved those people.
Salmonella can grow inside the plant as it matures. There is no way to wash that off.
It's called convenience. Spring mix has several different types of lettuce and spinach. When I pay a premium for a product that says pre-washed - ready to eat, that's what I expect. When you order a hamburger out do you take it home and put it back on the grill at home to ensure it comes up to the proper temperature?
Waiter, I would like a large Farmer John's Tossed Green Salad with Salmonella Dressing.
Well apparently it is too difficult for the average lazy @ssed American consumer since so many people pay to have it done for them.
Let me open by saying I work in Agriculture. Firstly, you're an idiot if you don't wash you're produce. Especially when it's sitting in a bag with moisture for a few days. Secondly "Peel-Layer" is living in an idealistic fantasy thinking you can sustain billions of people on local organic growers. Most of them are too high to feed a couple thousand. Thirdly, there used to be a thing called food poisoning. People get a little sick and moved on with their lives. Now every time a test comes up with salmonella the world is coming to an end. You are producing a product that is within nature. Things are bound to happen. A grower can't prevent every bird, dog, or cat from coming into his field and pissing or pooping on a crop occasionally. Use common sense. Wash your fruits and vegetables and don't be another paranoid critic that doesn't know what they are talking about. By the way if you're big on organic, what do you think they use for fertilizer......how about ground up fish, or maybe chicken crap. If a food safety inspector see's any form of crap anywhere near a conventional field they put "do not harvest" flags all around the area. There is more food safety precautions today then ever. They had these same problems 20, 30 years ago. The media just didn't scare the hell out of you like they do today.
I just have one question: where have all the liberals disappeared to who blamed the Bush during his administration for food recall problems now that we've had about a half dozen or so food recall incidents under the Obama administration?
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Hey, Mike, do you buy fresh-grated pre-packaged parmesan cheese? I bet you do. I bet you don't know how it's processed, either.
I know of at least three cheese processing factories where the owner of the Corporation allows the cheese from one process to sit in the machinery for up to a week while another process is being run. Oh, and the machinery ain't cleaned when the processes are switched, either -- the OLD cheese is just allowed to mix in with the new cheese.
p.s., I have PERSONALLY seen large amounts of MOLD allowed to grow at the bottoms of the auger bins, just because it "costs money" to take the time to properly clean everything. Enjoy that pre-packaged cheese now, y'hear!
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How hard is it to grow your own lettuce? F@#k'n lazy people livin off the gub'ment buying lettuce with food stamps! If only those people would get off their butts and grow their own food, build their own business (successful I might add), invent their own self-sufficient motorized vehicle and get off the gov. teet we wouldn't have these problems.
Isn't this what a republican would say?
So the company should take off the words "pre-washed, ready to eat" of the damn packaging then. And seriously, to all the people saying stop being lazy and buy a head of lettuce, unless you walk to work, wash your cloths on a wash board, don't have a cell phone or one of any of the hundreds of conveniences you use daily, don't lecture me for paying a premium for not having to buy five different heads of lettuce and making my own spring mix.
First off your analogies are ridiculous. All of these things SAVE people money if they value their time. Paying 3 bucks for 50 cents worth of produce so you can save the five minutes it would take to do it yourself is hardly a wise investment.
Second, you're literally paying at least three times the cost for a product that is one third the quality. In all seriousness I can go into my back yard and pick a better quality "spring mix". Dandelion, purselane and lambsquarter grow pretty much everywhere. Tossed in with a little romaine or leaf lettuce from the garden or farmers market and viola. Not only is it far, FAR better quality it will keep in the fridge five times as long as some bag of crap that's been sitting around for weeks before you even picked it up off the shelf.
"Convenience" is a con used by food producers to trick people into paying more for less.
How does driving a car to work, using a washing machine and using a cell phone SAVE you money? Are you out of your mind? You can't say convenience is a con by food producers unless you make EVERYTHING from scratch. Want some ketchup for your fries? I'll just whip that up in five minutes...
What I said was they save you money if you value your time. Is that honestly too hard for you to comprehend? Let me explain it then. I could spend 2 hours washing a load of laundry with a tub and washboard OR I could spend 5 minutes throwing the load into the machine and then spend an extra hour and 55 minutes at work making 20 bucks an hour. In that case the washing machine pays for itself after about 10 loads. Time is money, all of the things you mention save enough time to make them worthwhile.
Another ludicrous example. I've made my own ketchup. It actually would cost far, FAR more money to make it yourself unless you grow your own tomatoes. So with ketchup it's not just about convenience, it's actually quite a bit cheaper.
Aside from that, are you honestly admitting that you were unable to understand what I was saying? I've yet to see a commercial or ad for ketchup that claims you should buy it because it's more convenient than making it yourself. Bags of lettuce are sold specifically as a convenience item. The only reason they are in the store is because the producers know some people will spend triple the amount of money because they don't want to spend 5 minutes washing it themselves.
Consumers who have purchased the bagged salads are urged not to eat them and to discard them.
A bag of salad greens runs around $3, often more. Never mind offering a refund... $3 isn't a steep price to stay healthy, is it? Sorry, but if I'd bought something recalled, I'd be calling that number at the end of the article and demanding a refund. These recalls are starting to add up.
The increasing news articles of food safety are ridiculous. With all the regulations in place, it seems as if no one is following them. I became severely ill with salmonella in Jan. '11 from fresh kale. It cost me a 3 day stay in the hospital. It is nothing short of disgusting that Americans cannot trust our food supply. I guess it is time to start growing our own veggies.
From my studies of the regulatory industry (FDA and USDA) you are correct, with all the regulations in place nobody is following them. That's because, like the tax code, CFR's are bloated, out of date, and full of loopholes. Instead of screaming for MORE bloated regulation, the American public should take a look at systems that already exist and demand streamlined efficiency and enforcement.
I've been doing that for years. Not only do I not worry about contaminated veggies I also don't get something that's been sitting around in trucks and warehouses for weeks. I just pulled my potatoes out of the ground and they'll last me all through the winter. I buy a bag at the grocery store and they go bad in a week.
News flash for all the Right-wing CONs: It is nearly IMPOSSIBLE to enforce anything when there are next to zero inspectors. Oh, right, it's more expensive for the Corporations to obey the regulations than it is to pay out all that settlement money................
quacked 1- right on.
cut gov. jobs says the GOP. well, some of those jobs are gov. inspectors.
It's a well known fact that corporations have people that their only job is to figure out if the cost of a recall would be cheaper or more expensive than a few lawsuits for neglegence/contamination/etc. If they can save a few bucks by NOT recalling and paying just a few peoples families cuz someone died, they will go ahead and do that. After all, that is the American way.
Did either of you geniuses actually read the article? No one got sick. They recalled the product anyway. It was a STATE inspector that found the potential problem. What the F does any of that have to do with republicans wanting a smaller FEDERAL government.
Let me guess, you guys also want the feds to post someone at every street corner so they'll be there to hold your hand when you cross right?.
I just got over a case of Salmonella last week (confirmed by medical testing). This problem is caused by a breakdown in the food handling processes from start to finish; and the fact is that it's 100% about the money. It simply cost too much to ensure our food is safe.
In order to truly ensure that the food supply is safe to eat in the USA, it would take more money for equipment, proper processing and additional on-site inspections. Currently we are doing the bare minimum, which is just not enough.
What it comes down to is: If you do not want to take the risk of getting sick, do not eat any food in restaurants unless it has been completely cooked (no salads, no sushi, etc. And all food bought at the grocery stores must be washed, even if the package says pre-washed.
You'd be surprised to learn it isn't so much the safe handling of the produce as it is the safe handling of seeds, soil, and water. Produce can become contaminated inside the plant as it grows and there is no amount of washing after it is grown that can prevent that. The only way to eliminate the pathogens inside the plant is to cook it. It is becoming clear that this is a risk you take when you eat anything uncooked. I have to wonder if the salad will be seen as a thing of the past in the next decade or two.
I am glad you made a recovery from your illness.
cost = cheap
food company = cheaper
I'd suspect the restaurant more than the food itself. Most of the people handling our food are paid so little that they don't give a sh*t except when it ends up in your food.
I'm so sick of hearing about these tainted products, especially raw fruits & vegetables. Don't companies have any pride in their products anymore? Don't they ever think about eating the products themselves? If I owned a business in which I provided edible products to consumers I would be all over the employees and making sure I emphasized how important it is that the equipment is clean as a whistle b/c the thought of rodents, etc. running around on my equipment totally disgusts me. Plus, it would cost the company's reputation and we'd all lose our jobs. I just don't get it. The government should be on these companies' a** regarding health & safety, but no, they're just lazy. Get on it, FDA!!!! Same goes with restaurants. I don't even want to think about how filthy the kitchen/freezers are. Yuck!! I guess food industry business owners just don't care enough about their customers. Only the bottom line.
You're not a big, greedy corporation who's bought off the government. Makes a difference.
A friend of mine told me whenever there is a food outbreak, check and see what is going on politically... i.e. immigration stuff. He is sort of right.
I don't remember hearing about any salmonella outbreaks until this century.
Holy Crap! How old are you?
Uh he Dunno Bro!
Uh u know bro? If he were a vampire, his name would be Count Wrinkula. He would be full of many blood borne pathogens from his past centuries on earth.
he has to be at least 12
whats funny is even if he/she meant to say decade, this decade is only 2 years old.
Watch FOOD INC VERY good, and explains why our food system is all screwed up in this country. Cheap meat- bad quality, the use/misuse of fertilizer spread on crops such as lettuce, that has been contaminated by sick cows. THe whole system is absolutely shocking.  We're moving to a society of unsafe healthy food, and "safe" highly processed food with lots of disgusting additives (silicone, etc). Can anyone say "Soylent Green".
well if old people grew up on good food, they may be more nutritious than todays food... just a thought.
I've seen a dozen Corporate (Wall Street) Media outlets headline this as "First cantaloupe now lettuce now spinach". I guess they know Americans are idiots with two day retention spans. Since 2001 (when Republicans stole control) there has been a monthly recall on something; beef, tomatoes, peanut butter, turkey, medicine... So let's just stick with the Republican plan of letting the pedophile Wall Street corporations police the pedophile Wall Street corporations!
There have been cases where produce has became tainted by the watering of the crops, having something to do with animal droppings. It happened in Oregon not too long ago, but I can't remember the exact produce that it affected, I just remember hearing it on the news and being shocked that it could happen that way.
So, it's not always poor practice in the food handling process.
You are right Nikki. It has also been found that the soil can also introduce pathogens. When pathogens are introduced while the crop is growing, there is no amount of washing that will remove them. They are inside the plant's tissues.
And likewise when I eat alot of corn that uptook the pathogens from the ground, the corn is in my fecal tissues, which is also full of harmful pathogens! What a cycle! I have even used the corn cob for TP a time or two.
Everything these days must be made "faster, cheaper and better"...... remember NASA? Well, its no different here. Every company is maxed and stressed, our governmental agencies are overworked and as a result, basic processes and fundamentals start to break down. In the effort to be competitve, rules are bent and corners are cut. The problem is that the average person suffers. The speed of life will only increase- I hate to say it, but our government needs to do more to make sure resources are allocated to its most important functions. Ensuring a safe food supply is one.
Government is not overworked, just lazy as @!$%#.
If it wasn't for the gov. you would still be eating tainted food now wouldn't you? Do you think the company that grew this lettuce volunteered the information? I sure hope your not that stupid.
To UDunnoBro,
(See list of Salmonella outbreaks below) Just a short memory on your part, although it does appear that 2011 will be one for the record books.
Up until January 2011, the FDA only had the power to "recommend" foods be recalled-absolutely no power to demand action by a vendor. Now that Obama has given the FDA power to demand action, it will be interesting to see if any more proactive stances are assumed by the FDA.
1974 - Salmonella in unpasteurized apple cider caused 200 illnesses in New Jersey.
1985 - United States salmonellosis outbreak in milk from the Hillfarm Dairy in Melrose Park, Illinois caused 16,284 confirmed, and possibly as many as 200,000 cases of food poisoning in six Midwest states. The tainted milk was responsible for two deaths and may have been related to the death of 4 or 5 others with some counts being as high as 12. It is considered the largest outbreak of Salmonella food poisoning recorded in U.S. history since the CDC began keeping records in 1970
1994 - Salmonella in ice cream from Schwan's Sales Enterprises of Marshall, Minnesota. The outbreak was confirmed to have sickened 740 people in 30 states and is suspected to have sickened over 3,000 additional people in as many as 41 states
1991 - Salmonella in unpasteurized orange juice from Sun Orchard in Arizona. They imported orange juice from Mexico in a tanker cooled with contaminated ice
2000 - Salmonella in bean sprouts from Pacific Coast Farms. They bought dry seeds in China and Australia and when germinated, the sprouts caused an outbreak from Oregon to Massachusetts. At least 67 people became ill and 17 were hospitalized.
2007 - Salmonella in Metz Fresh, California spinach. Recalled 8,000 cartons of fresh spinach. No reports of any illness
2007 - Salmonella from Peter Pan and Great Value Peanut Butter (both manufactured by ConAgra) in 44 States. By March 7, 2007, the outbreak had grown to 425 cases in 44 states since its start in August 2006.
2008 - United States salmonellosis outbreak. As of August 28, 2008, from April 10, 2008, the rare Saintpaul serotype of Salmonella enterica caused at least 1442 cases of salmonellosis food poisoning in 43 states throughout the United States, the District of Columbia, and Canada. As of July 2008, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration suspects that the contaminated food product is a common ingredient in fresh salsa, such as raw tomato, fresh jalapeño pepper, fresh serrano pepper, and fresh cilantro.
It is the largest reported salmonellosis outbreak in the United States since 1985. During a House subcommittee hearing into food supply safety and the recent salmonella contamination, a top federal official told panel members that agencies have found the source of the contamination after it showed up in yet another batch of Mexican-grown peppers
2009 - An aggressive strain of Salmonella, the Newport serotype, was found in beef products made by Fresno, California-based unit of Cargill (Beef Packers Inc) in August 2009.
2009 - Salmonellosis in peanut butter from Peanut Corporation of America in Blakely, Georgia has become "one of the nation’s worst known outbreaks of food-borne disease" in recent years. Nine are believed to have died and an estimated 22,500 were sickened
2010 - More than 500 million eggs were recalled after dangerous levels of Salmonella were detected in the eggs of two Iowa producers, Wright County Eggs and Hillandale Farm, that distributes eggs in 14 U.S. states. Nearly 2,000 illnesses were reported between May and July, approximately 1,300 more than usual for this strain of bacteria.
2011 - United States salmonellosis outbreak in Del Monte cantaloupe infected with Salmonella Panama from Guatemala
2011 - Andrew Williamson Fresh Produce is voluntarily recalling one lot of organic grape tomatoes sold under the Limited Edition and Fresh & Easy labels due to a possible health risk from Salmonella.
2011 - One dead in California from Samonella and 76 more people sickened in 26 states. On August 3, 2011, Cargill recalled 36,000,000 pounds of fresh and frozen ground turkey products produced at the company's Springdale, Arkansas, facility from February 20, 2011, through August 2, 2011, due to possible contamination from Salmonella Heidelberg
2011 - In March and April 2011, Jennie-O recalled almost 55,000 pounds of turkey burgers because drug-resistant salmonella was found in its products
2011 - Contaminated papaya appears to be the cause of an outbreak of Salmonella food poisoning (salmonellosis) in 23 states, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is warning consumers. The FDA says papayas imported from Mexico and distributed by Agromod Produce Inc. of McAllen, Texas, is likely the source of 97 cases of Salmonella Agona
That is why unions are good for wages, law review on clean environment. That is why the GOP is shouting about too much government, lower the EPA standards! Just like they lowered union workers rights and collective bargaining to bring a poverty level employment as "normal" Vote the right for all - OBAMA and the get the EPA standards back in!!! He is hung up with the GOP demands and his compromising with them will destroy our standard of living.
How many hundreds of thousands of inspectors will it take to enforce clean food laws?
My guess is about a million. However, that would be a waste of time because the inspectors would most likely be illegal 'immigrants' who can't read the USE TOILET PAPER, NOT YOUR FINGERS TO WIPE AFTER TAKING A CRAP signs.
D Russ- hero of the day.
Nami - exaggerator of the day.
This is what happens when we have factory famers with 10's of thousands of animals packed into small building a short distance from fields growing crops, STUPID STUPID STUPID
Gee!!!! If the farmer's veggies don't kill us. Them burning there fields with lots of chemicals will. It's burn baby burn with farmer fields in my area.
These warnings are often announced after the product's "Best by" or "use before" date, so they've likely already been eaten.
And if the specific source of the problem hasn't been identified, who's to say that the company's future products from those fields aren't also contaminated?
Fresh_Water:
Read and learn! I am not even going to ask you bout your vitriolic diatribe about the pedophilia on Wall Street.
However, since you seem to believe that Republican congressional control has a direct cause and effect on the rate of food-borne illiness outbreaks, it is just too tempting for me to pass up showing the hard facts/relationship between congressional control and the incidences of food-borne illness outbreaks. To make it easy for you, the Democrats controlled congress for 70% of the time between 1970 and 2011.
Democrat control: 1960 - 1994 and 2007 - 2010
2010 - Salmonella - more than 500 million eggs recalled
2009 - Salmonella - An aggressive strain of salmonella, the Newport serotype, found in beef
2009 - Salmonellosis in peanut butter from Peanut Corporation of America in Blakely, Georgia has become "one of the nation’s worst known outbreaks of food-borne disease" in recent years.
2009 - E. coli O157:H7 was believed to have contaminated Nestle Toll House refrigerated cookie dough.
2008 - Salmonella outbreak - as of August 29, 2008 the rare Saintpaul serotype of Salmonella enterica caused at least 1,442 cases of food poisoning
2007 - Listeria bacteria - on December 27, the Massachusetts Department of Public Health warned not to drink milk, or milk-related products, from Whittier Farms
2007 – Salmonella - On October 11, 152 cases of salmonella poisoning in 31 states being linked to the consumption of ConAgra pot pies, with 20 people hospitalized
2007 - E. coli O157:H7 in ground beef from the Topps Meat Company in Elizabeth, New Jersey. As of 2007, it is the second-largest beef recall in United States history.
2007 - Salmonella in Metz Fresh, California spinach. Recalled 8,000 cartons of fresh spinach. No reports of any illness.[23]
2007 - Botulism from cans of Castleberry's, Austex and Kroger brands of chili sauce.
2007 - Salmonella from Peter Pan and Great Value Peanut Butter (both manufactured by ConAgra) in 44 States. By March 7, 2007, the outbreak had grown to 425 cases in 44 states since its start in August 2006. The CDC said it is believed to be the first salmonella outbreak associated with peanut butter in United States history.
2007 - E. coli O157:H7 - In April and May, 14 people in 11 states were sickened after eating E. coli O157:H7-tainted beef packed by United Food Group. The meat packing company ultimately recalled 5.7 million pounds of potentially contaminated meat.[27]
1994 - Salmonella in ice cream from Schwan's Sales Enterprises
1993 - E. Coli 0157:H7 in undercooked hamburgers from Jack in the Box
1992 - Botulism in whitefish from New Jersey
1985 - Listeriosis outbreak in Queso Blanco in Southern California
1985 - Salmonellosis outbreak in milk from the Hillfarm Dairy in Melrose Park, Illinois caused 16,284 confirmed, and possibly as many as 200,000 cases of food poisoning in six Midwest states. It is considered the largest outbreak of Salmonella food poisoning recorded in U.S. history since the CDC began keeping records in 1970
1993 - Botulism (Type A Clostridium Botulinum) in Peoria, Illinois
1978 - Botulism in Clovis, New Mexico
1977 - Botulism in peppers. Caused the largest outbreak of botulism poisonings in teh United States up to that time
1974 - Salmonella in unpasteurized apple cider
1971 - Botulism outbreak- (Bon Vivant canned soup)
Republican control: 1995 - 2006 and 2011
2011 - Listeriosis outbreak from cantaloupes. 23 dead to date. Second worst food-borne illness outbreak since tracking began in 1970.
2011 - salmonellosis outbreak in Del Monte cantaloupe infected with Salmonella Panama from Guatemala.[4]
2011 – Salmonella - Andrew Williamson Fresh Produce is voluntarily recalling one lot of organic grape tomatoes sold under the Limited Edition and Fresh & Easy labels due to a possible health risk from Salmonella.
2011 - E. coli O157:H7 - Emporia, Kansas based Tyson Fresh Meats (Tyson Foods) announces it is recalling 131,300 pounds of ground beef products due to possible contamination.
2011 – Listeria monocytogenes - Publix Super Markets is issuing a voluntary recall for spinach dip
2011 - E. coli in strawberry from Newberg, Oregon killed one person on August 8, 2011.
2011 - Salmonella Heidelberg - One dead in California from Samonella and 76 more people sickened in 26 states.
2011 – Salmonella - In March and April 2011, Jennie-O recalled almost 55,000 pounds of turkey burgers because drug-resistant salmonella was found in its products.
2011 – Listeria bacteria - In June 2011, Nearly 3,000 cases of Dole Food Company salad bags are being recalled after a random test found the bacteria listeria in a bag of the salad.
2011 – Salmonella - Contaminated papaya appears to be the cause of an outbreak of Salmonella food poisoning (salmonellosis) in 23 states, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is warning consumers.
2006 - E. Coli 0157:H7 from Taco Bell
2006 - E. coli O157:H7 in bagged spinach packaged by Natural Selection Foods and most likely supplied by Earthbound Farm in San Juan Bautista. 3 dead, and 198 people reported sickened by the outbreak across 25 US States,
2003 - Hepatitis A outbreak- worst hepatitis outbreak in U S history
2002 - E. Coli 0157:H7 in ground beef from ConAgra
2002 - Listeria in processed chicken from Pilgrim's Pride. The company recalled over 27 million pounds of poultry products it had manufactured, in the largest recall in history. The outbreak killed 7 people, sickened 46, and caused 3 miscarriages.[34]
2002 - Botulism sickened 8 people in Western Alaska as a result of eating a beached beluga whale.[35]
2002 - E. coli O157:H7 - Fifty-seven people in 7 states became ill in August and September after consuming meat contaminated with E. coli O157:H7.
2000 - Salmonella in bdean sprouts from Pacific Coast Sprout Farms
2000 - E. coli O157:H7 - 66 people were sickened in an E. coli O157:H7 outbreak in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
2000 - E. coli O157:H7 - There were 19 confirmed cases, 19 likely cases, and 49 suspected cases of in Oregon in August.
1999 - Salmonella in unpasteurized orange juice from Sun Orchard in Arizona
1999 - E. coli O157:H7 was found in the drinking water at the Washington County Fair in Easton, New York.
1998 - Listeriosis outbreak was the second deadliest outbreak of food-borne illness
1997 - Hepatitis A from frozen strawberries in San Diego
1997 - E. coli O157:H7 in ground beef from Hudson Foods Company of Rogers, Arkansas.
1996 - E. coli O157:H7 in unpasteurized apple juice from Odwalla
Wash your hands everyone!
We get so sick of hearing about recalls, especially when it comes to food. Doesn't anybody care that there are people dying because of stupidity? Don't people check on what they are growing? Sounds like a bunch of no caring people. They ought to be fined and put out of work.
Does anyone else like to put pasta salad on top of spinach salad. That is wonderul! I absolutely adore croutons. Spinach and pasta salad with garlic croutons, almonds, raisins, and a sprinkle of feta with a hint of rosemary and a raseberry vinagrette. Marvelous!
There is a certain lawyer from the Pacific Northwest dancing a little jig right now thinking of all the money he is going to make off of this.
Americans who live in third-world countries have used this method of disinfecting vegetables and fruit for years:
Rinse fruit/vegetables
Run container or sink full of water
Mix two or three tablespoonfulls of clorox bleach in the sink/container of water
Put vegetables/fruit in the clorox water and leave for 5 to 10 minutes
Remove fruit/vegetables from clorox water, rinse and store or eat.
The U.S. is fast becoming a country with third-world conditions. Get used to it.
Maybe we should stop allowing all of these filthy, uncivilized, third world parasites from flooding across the border.
Are those vegetables from the Obama White House garden being inspected before use?
This is what happens when corporations rule the world. Anything to make a buck. Quality costs money.
Just wait till all the immigrants' leave, and lazy-ass Americans start picking veggies/fruit, you think it's bad now.
Ill just hire an illegal immigrant to pick it...........oh thats right, their gone.............................ok ill just get some black guy to pick it