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Default Fresh Express Recalls Batch After Dead Bat Found In Prepackaged Salad

On Monday, April 10, 2017 at 10:20:50 AM UTC-10, Ophelia wrote:
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> On Monday, April 10, 2017 at 4:27:58 AM UTC-10, Ophelia wrote:
> > "dsi1" wrote in message
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> > On Sunday, April 9, 2017 at 1:55:53 PM UTC-10, Vegan Hotdogs wrote:
> > > An unwelcome discovery by a couple of salad eaters included a
> > > sordid new ingredient.
> > >
> > > On Saturday, the company Fresh Express announced a precautionary
> > > recall of some of its prepackaged salad mixes, after two people
> > > in Florida say they found a dead bat in their leafy greens.
> > >
> > > According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the
> > > two had eaten some of the product before finding the decomposed
> > > organism in a 5-ounce clear container of the Organic Marketside
> > > Spring Mix.
> > >
> > > But "out of an abundance of caution," Fresh Express says in a
> > > statement, all Organic Marketside Spring Mix salads from that
> > > production lot are subject to the recall.
> > >
> > > The mix in question was distributed exclusively to Walmart
> > > stores located in the Southeastern region of the U.S. Walmart
> > > has since pulled the product from its shelves, the company adds,
> > > and no other Marketside salads are included in the recall.
> > >
> > > Florida health officials, the FDA and the CDC have launched an
> > > investigation into the matter.
> > >
> > > Due to the animal's decayed condition, the CDC couldn't
> > > immediately rule out whether this particular bat carried rabies,
> > > but recommended the two people who ate the contaminated salad
> > > receive treatment for the disease.
> > >
> > > "Both people report being in good health and neither has any
> > > signs of rabies," the CDC says.
> > >
> > > The deadly rabies virus is endemic to bats across the U.S., but
> > > is rarely contracted by humans. And, as the CDC points out,
> > > transmission through consuming an infected animal is "extremely
> > > uncommon." The agency adds that it hasn't heard of any other
> > > cases of bat material found in packaged salads.
> > >
> > > "People who have eaten the recalled salad product and did not
> > > find animal material are not at risk and do not need to contact
> > > their health department," the CDC advises.
> > >
> > > http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-
> > > way/2017/04/09/523154228/fresh-express-issues-recall-after-dead-
> > > bat-reportedly-found-in-prepackaged-salad

> >
> > Fruit bat I hope. They're tasty!
> >
> > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tK7PwsdPxk
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> > You have eaten them??
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> No, just kidding. As I recall, bat soup is served in the island nation of
> Palau. The recipe is simple - you boil a fruit bat in coconut milk. No
> cleaning is done which simplifies things a lot. I guess that would be a
> cheap meal since there's a lot of coconut and a lot of fruit bats on this
> planet.
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> But not in this house, thank you)
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This place is stinkin' with coconuts but no bats. That's a shame, bats are cool.