Recall on prepackaged salad, sandwich with E. coli

[Omaha Steve]

Source: Omaha World Herald-AP

RICHMOND, Calif. (AP) — More than 90 tons of prepackaged salads and sandwiches by a California catering company are being recalled because a bacterial strain of E. coli has been linked to its products.

The USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service says Sunday that Richmond-based Glass Onion Catering recalled the salads and sandwich wraps containing cooked chicken and ham after 26 people in three states were sickened with a strand of E. coli.

The products were produced between Sept. 23 and Nov. 6, and were shipped to distribution centers in California, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington and Texas.

FULL story at link.


Read more: http://www.omaha.com/article/20131112/LIVEWELL25/131119698#recall-on-prepackaged-salad-sandwich-with-e-coli

[bananas]

1. "the company has supplied food to Trader Joe's, Super Fresh Goods and Delish"

Trader Joe's?

[DeSwiss]

2. K&R

FYI: Antibacterial activity of natural spices on multiple drug resistant Escherichia coli isolated from drinking water, Bangladesh

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[u4ic]

3. It's nuts

that sandwiches are shipped all over the country - even beyond. I'm in Canada and at the airport I saw sandwiches made in California. They didn't even look good, something you couldn't put together in your own kitchen quickly for 1/10 of the price. How hard is it for the kiosk employees to slap a sandwich together?

[jmowreader]

8. More time consuming than taking one out of a box and putting it in the cooler

And you'd need a much bigger kiosk.

[u4ic]

9. It's a huge kiosk, the largest in that section of the airport

They make other things to order. You can walk a short distance to Tim Hortons and get your sandwich made fresh for much cheaper.

The main issue, though, is why a Canadian airport on the prairies is importing sandwiches from California. There are plenty of local options.

Edited to add: they're basic ham and cheese with a bit of limp lettuce type sandwiches. That would barely take 30 seconds to put together.

[blkmusclmachine]

4. GOP's answer: Less oversight. Much less.

[ladywnch]

5. just getting over a recall over listeria........

King Soopers (Krogers) had a recall out for prepackaged deli salads and such as well as products from Reesers..... several dozen products in all. Unfortunately for me I had already injested the stuff........have spent the last 2 weeks praying for death!

But we don't need anymore food safety inspectors or protections.............. sheesh!

[pothos]

6. Of course they don't tell you the source of contamination

just guessing here, but probably shit runoff from a factory farm. sigh.

[Ranchemp.]

7. Hmmmm,

didn't the repukes want to gut the USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service a couple of years ago.

Why, yes they did.

http://www.foodsafetynews.com/2011/02/agriculture-cuts-proposed-in-house-gop-budget/#.UoPXaIzTm_I

GOP Would Chop FDA, USDA Food Safety Budgets
By Helena Bottemiller | February 7, 2011

Key House Republicans released a proposal late last week to cut $58 billion from the federal budget for the second half of Fiscal Year 2011. Food safety programs at both the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the Department of Agriculture could face steep cuts.

Under the plan, the committee that oversees both FDA and USDA budgets is asked to cut spending by 14 percent, compared with fiscal year 2010, which comes out to $3.2 billion. The proposal applies only to non-security discretionary spending–the Defense Department, Homeland Security, and Veterans Affairs are excluded.

House Appropriations Chairman Hal Rogers (R-KY) said his committee, and each of the 12 subcommittees, will go “line by line to weed out and eliminate unnecessary, wasteful, or excess spending–and produce legislation that will represent the largest series of spending reductions in the history of Congress.” Rogers said the subcommittees have been instructed to produce “specific, substantive and comprehensive spending cuts.”

The committee has a lot of work to do and not much time. The current continuing resolution funding the federal government expires March 3, and any budget passed by the House must also clear the Senate and the president. It is very possible lawmakers will seek another short term fix to allow more time for wrangling over specific cuts.