Guest Harry Hope Posted October 11, 2007 Share Posted October 11, 2007 http://www.oregonlive.com/business/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/business/119207311467680.xml&coll=7 ConAgra refuses to recall potpies Bacteria - Despite pleas from Oregon and Minnesota, the company issues consumer alerts for poultry, but not beef, varieties Thursday, October 11, 2007 ALEX PULASKI The Oregonian ConAgra Foods Inc. is refusing to recall Banquet-brand and other potpies tied to a national salmonella outbreak, rejecting direct pleas by Oregon and Minnesota health officials. The state officials say the company needs to recall all of its potpies because the source of the salmonella has not been identified. Doing anything less, they say, allows potentially dangerous food to remain on the market and confuses consumers. The company says a recall is unnecessary. It contends that contamination is limited to its poultry potpies. Risks can be eliminated, the company says, by instructing consumers to cook the pies thoroughly enough to kill salmonella bacteria. The dispute highlights a long-standing limitation in America's system for safeguarding the food supply: State officials who most frequently unearth the cause of foodborne illness have no regulatory authority over food makers. Federal officials can ask companies to recall food, but that process can take days or weeks. For example, the U.S. Department of Agriculture has come under fire for waiting 18 days last month to request a recall after E. coli was discovered in Topps Meat Co. ground beef. This has been a year of a number of high-profile domestic food recalls, as well as food and consumer-product warnings on imports from China. In the spring, ConAgra issued a massive recall of its Peter Pan and Great Value peanut butter brands after a multistate salmonella outbreak. Public-health officers in both Oregon and Minnesota said they urged a potpie recall in phone conversations with ConAgra executives Monday and Tuesday. Instead, the Nebraska-based company, with annual sales of more than $12 billion, halted production and issued a consumer alert for its frozen potpies containing chicken and turkey. States, on the other hand, are telling consumers to throw out every potpie under the Banquet brand as well as store brands including Great Value (sold at Wal-Mart) and Kroger. All are made at ConAgra's Marshall, Mo., plant. ______________________________________________ Harry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Neocon Oil Cheerleaders Posted October 11, 2007 Share Posted October 11, 2007 In article <rh9sg3tav3417vocj3t81v3ggt08ln9ooj@4ax.com>, rivrvu@ix.netcom.com says... > > http://www.oregonlive.com/business/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/business/119207311467680.xml&coll=7 > > ConAgra refuses to recall potpies > > Bacteria - Despite pleas from Oregon and Minnesota, the company issues > consumer alerts for poultry, but not beef, varieties > > Thursday, October 11, 2007 > > ALEX PULASKI The Oregonian > > ConAgra Foods Inc. is refusing to recall Banquet-brand and other > potpies tied to a national salmonella outbreak, rejecting direct pleas > by Oregon and Minnesota health officials. > > The state officials say the company needs to recall all of its potpies > because the source of the salmonella has not been identified. > > Doing anything less, they say, allows potentially dangerous food to > remain on the market and confuses consumers. > > The company says a recall is unnecessary. > > It contends that contamination is limited to its poultry potpies. > > Risks can be eliminated, the company says, by instructing consumers to > cook the pies thoroughly enough to kill salmonella bacteria. > > The dispute highlights a long-standing limitation in America's system > for safeguarding the food supply: > > State officials who most frequently unearth the cause of foodborne > illness have no regulatory authority over food makers. > > Federal officials can ask companies to recall food, but that process > can take days or weeks. > > For example, the U.S. Department of Agriculture has come under fire > for waiting 18 days last month to request a recall after E. coli was > discovered in Topps Meat Co. ground beef. > > This has been a year of a number of high-profile domestic food > recalls, as well as food and consumer-product warnings on imports from > China. > > In the spring, ConAgra issued a massive recall of its Peter Pan and > Great Value peanut butter brands after a multistate salmonella > outbreak. > > Public-health officers in both Oregon and Minnesota said they urged a > potpie recall in phone conversations with ConAgra executives Monday > and Tuesday. > > Instead, the Nebraska-based company, with annual sales of more than > $12 billion, halted production and issued a consumer alert for its > frozen potpies containing chicken and turkey. > > States, on the other hand, are telling consumers to throw out every > potpie under the Banquet brand as well as store brands including Great > Value (sold at Wal-Mart) and Kroger. > > All are made at ConAgra's Marshall, Mo., plant. > > ______________________________________________ > > Harry > Sounds like it's time for all you Republio-Fascists out there to stock up on your pot pies. -- Hate Greed Death Bush Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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