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Default US-made pizza recalled due to E. coli; maybe China should boycott all US-made pizzas

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> http://www.reuters.com/article/compa...AS984320071101
>
> Totino's and Jeno's pizza recalled due to E. coli
>
> CHICAGO (Reuters) - Almost five million Totino's and Jeno's frozen
> pizzas with pepperoni toppings are being recalled because the
> pepperoni may be contaminated with E. coli, General Mills Inc said on
> Thursday.
>
> General Mills, which owns the Totino's and Jeno's brands, said the
> recall affects about 414,000 cases of pizza products currently in
> stores and all similar pizza products that might be in consumers'
> freezers. Each case contains 12 pizzas.
>
> The possible E. coli contamination was uncovered by state and federal
> authorities investigating 21 E. coli-related illnesses in 10 states.
>
> General Mills said nine of the 21 people reported having eaten
> Totino's or Jeno's pizza with pepperoni topping at some point before
> becoming ill.



That's their punishment for microwaving frozen pizza.