Cooked Chicken Breasts Join Tainted-Food Recalls

[RedEarth]

MONDAY, Feb. 19 (HealthDay News) -- The drumroll for tainted food continued Monday with a nationwide recall of Oscar Mayer chicken breast strips for bacterial contamination.

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The chicken breast recall is the fourth food recall in a week. Fresh cantaloupe and selected jars of organic baby food were recalled late Friday, and a major recall of peanut butter was initiated late Wednesday after 300 people in 39 states were sickened.

In the case of the cantaloupes and peanut butter, the culprit was salmonella. The baby food was contaminated with Clostridium botulinum, which can cause botulism. Both are life-threatening illnesses. Dole Fresh Fruit Co. recalled roughly 6,104 cartons of imported cantaloupes from Costa Rica that were distributed to wholesalers in the eastern United States and Quebec between Feb. 5 and Feb. 8, the Associated Press reported. There were no reports of illness.

And the U.S. Food and Drug Administration warned consumers late Friday not to use certain jars of Earth's Best Organic 2 Apple Peach Barley Wholesome Breakfast baby food because they may be contaminated with Clostridium botulinum,, a life-threatening illness.

The manufacturer, Hain Celestial Group of Melville, N.Y., initiated a recall on Feb. 9 of 4,072 cases of individual jars and 38,298 variety packs, the FDA said in a prepared statement. Production and distribution of the baby food has been suspended while the FDA and the company work to determine the source of the problem.

http://health.yahoo.com/news/172197;_ylt=AlB.52OYoyuKAysjY8Kzk96mxbAB

[Bluestar]

1. This is no accident

Bush has gutted the FDA oversight budget and so this is what we can expect to be the norm.

[leftchick]

2. and they are closing 6 FDA labs across the country

:grr:

[kestrel91316]

6. Meat products get inspected by the USDA.

I'm sure they've tied those inspectors' hands up nice and tight, too.

[SharonAnn]

11. Yes, packing plants can do their own "inspection" now.

[sinkingfeeling]

3. I still haven't found anything wrong with my Peter Pan. Started my 4th. jar,

marked '2111' this noon.

[Double T]

4. Is this a conspiracy to kill 'US' off one by one in order to reduce.........

the U.S. population of current and future SUV drivers thereby reducing total global warming emissions????? Time to practice tinfoil origami.

[MilesColtrane]

5. Did Bush fire Eschenbach and hire Brownie as the head of the FDA?

Somebody's doing a heckuva job there.

[llmart]

7. Does anyone edit this stuff?

"contaminated with Clostridium botulinum,, a life-threatening illness."

Clostridium botulinum is not an "illness" though it may cause illness.

The dumbing down of America:(

[TexasLawyer]

9. the double set of commas

is the first clue that the editor is asleep at the switch.:rofl:

[Rosa Luxemburg]

10. one bite and you're dead!

[piedmont]

8. Who the heck would buy this stuff?

This is on the level of "pre-sliced" onions! If you want great-tasting, lower-risk chicken, just cook it yourself, fergawdsakes! It only takes a few minutes.

[sutz12]

12. Typical corporatist bullshit....

The FDA and USDA used to be about prevention.

Now it's about enforcement after the fact, and poorly done.

What's the over/under on how many corporate heads will roll for poisoning the population? 1.....2....? I'll take the under.