In article >,
"JoeSpareBedroom" > wrote:

> "Emma Thackery" > wrote in message
> ...
> > In article >, Andy <q> wrote:
> >
> >> http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/NEWS/2007/NEW01563.html
[...]
> > With all these food recalls, it seems like the FDA is doing very little
> > in the way of prevention these days. Our tax dollars at work for the
> > food industry....
>
> All these recalls? The numbers are miniscule, compared to the problem-free
> volume produced.

I'd agree that relatively speaking, the number of recalls might seem
low. However, the hundreds of people recently affected or sickened by
fairly fundamental pathogens like salmonella and e. coli is significant.
Given the pasteurization requirement for peanut butter, it is actually
surprising that this would happen on a ConAgra food production line.
You have to wonder how so much potentially tainted product actually made
it out of the plant.

> As far as enforcement, I'd trust ConAgra to jump all over
> this MUCH faster than a government agency ever could. With their long list
> of products, a boycott could be disastrous.

Before today, I actually had no idea that Peter Pan was a ConAgra
product. I had to look very closely on the Peter Pan jar to even find
their name; they sure don't seem to advertise it. This recall is
especially disturbing since children are the main consumers of peanut
butter. A couple hundred kids with salmonella poisoning troubles me far
more than the possibility of a boycott levied at ConAgra.