Frozen Food Recall Covers Hundreds of Items from Many Stores (update)

[tomm2thumbs]

Source: AP

It’s one of the largest food recalls in recent memory, with well over 400 products from CRF Frozen Foods in Pasco, Washington, sold under more than 40 different brand names at major retailers like Costco, Target, Trader Joe’s and Safeway. So far, eight people have been sickened by listeria that’s genetically similar to that found in CRF vegetables, and two have died... <snip>

Products were both packaged for sale as individual products and repackaged by places like Piggly Wiggly, Kroger and ConAgra foods as ingredients in a host of other store-brand and private-label products for stores like Trader Joe’s and Costco.

Also, retailers including Target and regional distributors such as Midwest grocery chain Hy-Vee Foods have recently recalled products made by Tokyo-based Ajinomoto Windsor due to the company recalling 70 of its Asian variety products that contain CRF vegetables — about 47 million pounds worth — some of which were also sold in Canada and Mexico.

Read more: https://www.yahoo.com/news/frozen-food-recall-covers-hundreds-items-many-stores-053104744.html

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NOTE: This has been an ever-expanding list of products which actually began at the end of April. There are 16 notices in the recall-chain at the FDA link as of this story, so might be a good idea to update yourself if you previously saw news...article is from today.


Current FDA link
http://www.fda.gov/Safety/Recalls/MajorProductRecalls/ucm500668.htm


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from an earlier link which had large list from recall which I found helpful at least:

Partial list of the 382 early-May recalled products can be found here.

The list includes broccoli, butternut squash, carrots, cauliflower, corn, edamame, green beans, Italian beans, kale, leeks, lima beans, onions, peas, pepper strips, potatoes, potato medley, root medley, spinach, sweet potatoes, various vegetable medleys, blends, and stir fry packages, blueberries, cherries, cranberries, peaches, raspberries, and strawberries.

[LisaM]

1. We got a phone call about this.

I presume it was because we have a QFC card (one of the Kroger brands) and they checked what we bought (frozen peas).

[tomm2thumbs]

2. glad that they are being proactive by contacting consumers when possible

[LisaM]

4. I have mixed feelings about it, actually.

It's a bit creepy that my purchases are being tracked to that extent. Yes, this was a very benign event, but I'm not really thrilled that a grocery store can store enough information to call me two months after I bought something.

[Crash2Parties]

12. They're tracking it anyway

Because marketing info has actual monetary value, whether a retailer uses it themselves or sells to third party aggregators. Might as well have *some* benefit for the consumer...

[Hekate]

13. I live in SoCal, and was travelling in Oregon when I stopped for some fresh fruit...

....at a branch of a chain store that I frequent at home. I was addressed by name after inputting my store card number. That was over a decade ago, and yeah it did feel creepy.

Even so, since I shop at Trader Joe's and Costco these days, and always have some bags of frozen fruit and veg from Costco on hand, I wish they'd send me some kind of notification about this brouhaha.

[LoisB]

22. I live in SoCal also and got both a telephone call and a letter from Costco.

[Jackie Wilson Said]

3. Utilize the FDA while you can, around the corner we could be looking at no government

oversight.

Thanks for this, I just warned all family members.

[WhiteTara]

5. You are so right. I remind everyone

vote blue, no matter who!

[Jackie Wilson Said]

6. Abzatively

[tomm2thumbs]

9. the darker the shade of blue, the better

imho

[greiner3]

10. Information=money now

Any customer loyalty program has all your bases, so to speak. "You've saved $14.95 on this shopping trip. And don't forget that $0.03-$0.20 per gallon saved. What IS your info worth

[intrepidity]

7. So the consumer just has to throw their food away?

No refunds? WTF?

CRF to consumers: "Sorry. Go fuck yourselves."

[Mojorabbit]

8. I had ordered from Schwanns

and they came to my house and picked up the food and gave me a credit. I think costco is reimbursing people for their items.

[subterranean]

11. Most stores will give you a refund if you still have the food item.

[Hekate]

14. Take it back to the store for a refund

[Alkene]

15. So pervasive. Has Listeria been added to the food pyramid? n/t

[Drahthaardogs]

16. It is very common

and usually not dangerous except to very sick, very young, or very old.

[yourpaljoey]

17. Where did the listeria come from?

[larkrake]

19. Defunding the inspection process, you can thank Republicans for for appeasing Corps

[Kali]

18. so glad I went carnivore

frosted dead vegatables ugh!
















just in case:

[larkrake]

20. Thanx for posting

another free trade argument

[larkrake]

21. CRF does use imported products, yes. The packages say "organic" and it is, from other countries

with no regulations and using cheap labor

[brett_jv]

23. My brother in law was rushed to hospital this AM after vomiting like 15 times during the night ...

I know their family shops at both TJ's and Costco so I forwarded them a note on this recall just in case. Nobody else in family sick though and all ate together last night so probably not food poisoning but you never know apparently they still don't know what's wrong and he's been there since 9am.

[tazkcmo]

24. Hoping for a speedy recovery for your BIL

Hope he's better soon.

Off topic: Go Chefs! (Not a typo)