Oh, crap, no I'm *not* off the hook. Neighboring states, and Tennessee is
just north of me...
Martin Baxter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In
scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Well, I'm not too worried, because I'm not sick yet. With my health
as it is, food poisoning tends to pop up quickly.
Further bit I just picked up off Yahoo.
http://www.dole.com/CompanyInfo/SafeSalad/LatestNews_PR.jsp
I'm off the hook. The recall is for nine U.S. states. Can't remember
them offhand, but it's in the bulletin.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: i don't see
it tied to a particular store so Kroger might have had the bad batch
as well as Publix or anyone else.
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From: Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Oh, crap. I polished off a head of Dole yesterday, and I tossed the
packaging. Was any of this sold at Kroger, Keith?
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dole lettuce recalled in U.S., Canada
By LISA LEFF, Associated Press Writer1 hour, 19 minutes ago
A division of Dole Food Co. issued an international recall of
bagged salad Monday after a sample taken from a store in Canada tested
positive for E. coli, the company said.
There have been no reports of illness, company officials said.
The voluntary recall affects all packages of Dole's Hearts Delight
salad mix sold in the United States and Canada with a best if used
by date of September 19, 2007, and a production code of A24924A or
A24924B, Dole said.
The product was sold in Ontario, Quebec and the Maritime Provinces
in Canada and in Illinois, Indiana, Maine, Michigan, Mississippi, New
York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee and neighboring U.S. states
starting the weekend before last, said Marty Ordman, a Dole spokesman.
The romaine, green leaf and butter lettuce hearts that went into
the blend were grown in California, Colorado and Ohio, then processed
at Dole's plant in Springfield, Ohio on Sept. 6, according to Ordman.
Eighty-eight cases were distributed in Canada and 755 cases in the
U.S., he said.
The company's move came a day after the Canadian Food Inspection
Agency warned consumers not to eat Hearts Delight.
Our overriding concern is for consumer safety, Eric Schwartz,
president of the Dole Fresh Vegetable division said in a statement. He
said the company was working with U.S. and Canadian health agencies,
as well as those in various states.
The Food and Drug Administration was talking with Westlake Village,
Calif.-based Dole about the situation, agency spokesman Michael
Herndon said.
The Canadian agency said it would be looking to find out at what
point the salad blend, which is imported into Canada, became
contaminated and to see if any other products are affected, spokesman
Garfield Balsom said.
Last year, an E. coli outbreak traced to bagged baby spinach was
blamed for the deaths of three people and for sickening hundreds more
across the U.S.
State and federal authorities ultimately identified a central
California cattle ranch next to spinach fields belonging to one of
Dole's suppliers as being the source of the bacteria.
Food contaminated with this strain of E. coli may not look or smell
spoiled but health officials say the bacteria can cause
life-threatening illnesses.
Symptoms include severe abdominal pain and bloody diarrhea; some
people can have seizures or strokes and some may need blood
transfusions and kidney dialysis, while others may live with permanent
kidney damage.
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Associated Press writer Rob Gillies in Toronto and Andrew Bridges
in Washington contributed to this report.
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