May Food Recalls
Okay so I wonder, does anyone add up the amount of food that gets recalled? Does it even matter anymore, or are we so used to recalls now, we don’t feel outraged at how our health is being abused by various Companies?
So far in May, these are recalls from the USDA
WASHINGTON, May 8, 2008 - Palama Holdings, LLC, a Kapolei, Hawaii, firm, is voluntarily recalling approximately 68,670 pounds of ground beef products because they may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service announced today. (further details here)
Then we have this one, please note that the link for all the details is to a PDF file, so it will bring up the Adobe Reader, within your browser.
WASHINGTON, May 3, 2008 – Gourmet Boutique, L.L.C., a Jamaica, N.Y., firm, is voluntarily recalling approximately 286,320 pounds of fresh and frozen meat and poultry products that may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service announced today. (further details here [pdf link])
So these two recalls, we have almost THREE HUNDRED & FORTY THOUSAND POUNDS of recalled meat products.
Table of contents for Recalls - May 2008
Ian @ May 12, 2008