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> 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.
>>
>> > 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.
>>
>> > The possibleE. colicontamination was uncovered by state and federal
>> > authorities investigating 21E. coli-related illnesses in 10 states.
>>
>> > General Mills said nine of the 21 people reported having eaten
>> > Totino's or Jeno'spizzawith pepperoni topping at some point before
>> > becoming ill.
>>
>> > 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.
>>
>> > 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.
>>
>> >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.
>>
>> > 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.
>>
>> > 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.
>>
>> > David Huang
>>
>> 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
>

Sue the supermarket? That's a stretch, unless you could prove the
supermarket knew of sloppy practices at the lettuce farm.