On Nov 2, 3:29 pm, Siskuwihane > wrote:
> On Nov 2, 9:23 am, wrote:
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> >http://www.reuters.com/article/compa...AS984320071101
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> > Totino's and Jeno'spizzarecalled due toE. coli
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> > CHICAGO (Reuters) - Almost five million Totino's and Jeno's frozen
> > pizzas with pepperoni toppings are being recalled because the
> > pepperoni may be contaminated withE. coli, General Mills Inc said on
> > Thursday.
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> > General Mills, which owns the Totino's and Jeno's brands, said the
> > recall affects about 414,000 cases ofpizzaproducts currently in
> > stores and all similarpizzaproducts that might be in consumers'
> > freezers. Each case contains 12 pizzas.
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> > The possibleE. colicontamination was uncovered by state and federal
> > authorities investigating 21E. coli-related illnesses in 10 states.
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> > General Mills said nine of the 21 people reported having eaten
> > Totino's or Jeno'spizzawith pepperoni topping at some point before
> > becoming ill.
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> > The people became ill between July 20 and October 10, the USDA's Food
> > Safety and Inspection Service said, adding that all the patients
> > recovered.
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> > The people did not have packages with dates codes or other information
> > General Mills needs to narrow down which pizzas might be affected,
> > General Mills spokesman Tom Forsythe said, adding that, for the same
> > reason, the company could not determine which of its suppliers
> > provided the pepperoni.
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> >E.coliO157:H7 is a potentially deadly bacteria that can cause bloody
> > diarrhea and dehydration. The very young, seniors and persons with
> > compromised immune systems are the most vulnerable to food borne
> > disease.
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> > The recall includes eight types of Totino's brand frozenpizzaand
> > three types of Jeno's brand frozenpizzawith pepperoni topping, or
> > pepperoni in combination with other toppings.
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> > The frozen pizzas were produced in its Wellston, Ohio, plant and
> > distributed throughout the United States. The plant is currently
> > making other pizzas, but not with pepperoni, General Mills spokesman
> > Tom Forsythe said.
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> > You get the message: US made products may be just as bad as Chinese
> > manufactured ones: So many products may be tainted withE-colilike
> > last fall's lettuce. Protectionism can go both ways. I'd rather not
> > have Pelosi and her protectionist congress dumping onChinajust
> > because their own consumers prefer Chinese stuff to their own
> > industry. The US should fix their own trade deficit rather than
> > picking onChinain vain.
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> > David Huang
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> E colihas nothing to do with the deliberate use of lead and
> diethylene glycol in products.

It doesn't matter whether it's deliberate or not: the result is the
same. The FDA is supposed to guard you from eating e-coli and other
germ-infested food, like last fall's contaminated lettuce from
California. And in case the contamination is *not* deliberate, it's
still classified as negligence in tort law. You can basically go and
sue the grower, the FDA, the distributer and your local supermarket
for failing to safeguard your health. You put your trust in them, so
it's a negligence and a breach of trust.

David Huang