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US-made pizza recalled due to E. coli; maybe China should boycott all US-made pizzas
On Nov 5, 8:12 am, wrote:
> On Nov 2, 3:29 pm, Siskuwihane > wrote:
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> > 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.
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> 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.
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> David Huang- Hide quoted text -
Then stop buying food and grow/raise your own. Problem solved.
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