"JoeSpareBedroom" > wrote in message
...
> > wrote in message
> ups.com...
> > 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.
>
>
(Fixed the subject line to reflect the actual topic of discussion.)

There have got to be other factors involved beyond just microwaving frozen
pizza.

That's because I microwaved a Jeno's Combination (Pepperoni and Sausage)
pizza just two days before the recall.

100% Power for 4 minutes, then about 2 minutes in a toaster oven set at the
highest Toast temperature setting, just to make the crust crispy, which may
have further cooked the pizza but for the most part, it was cooked in the
microwave.

The pizza was as good as it could get for a cheap frozen pizza (often sold
for $1.00 or less), but I also didn't get sick from eating that pizza.

I did, however, discard the other Jeno's Combination pizza I had in the
freezer as a precaution after the recall was announced, even though I could
have probably microwave-cooked that pizza, and used the toaster oven to make
the crust cripsy just as with the other pizza I made two days prior to the
recall.