I swear to God I'm becoming afraid to buy ANYTHING from the store.
Bagged salads and spinach are out.
The fresh fish & poulty at the store has always made me nervous (do they keep the temperature right in those cooler cases? Are they handling the food properly?)
Now they've recalled beef patties from Sam's Club.
Last night my beloved Turkey Pot Pies were recalled.
I'm starting to think I need to buy a big plastic bubble and start my own biodome! Can we trust ANYTHING we buy at the food store anymore?
A diet of all Twinkies is looking pretty good right now. I don't recall EVER hearing of a Twinkie recall!
Citing a "substantial danger to the environment, public health and welfare," Illinois Attorney General Jim Ryan in January filed a lawsuit against Interstate Brands Corp., the makers of Hostess Twinkies.
The lawsuit forced the shutdown of a Chicago Interstate Brands facility where an allegedly illegal asbestos removal operation caused a 21-state recall of more than one million Hostess products.
The recall applies to all Hostess and Dolly Madison snacks with the code 57 that were produced since January 11, 1998.
Ryan alleges that in January a state health inspector was sent to the plant to investigate reports of improper asbestos removal. The inspector saw "piles of debris which tests confirmed was asbestos, a known human carcinogen." The lawsuit alleges that the inspector observed "uncovered, finished bakery products within 20 feet of where the asbestos removal had taken place."
State officials also allege that a worker at the facility, acting on orders from supervisors, removed asbestos insulation from a water tank in the plant's boiler room and "wheeled the uncontained asbestos-containing insulation through the facility's production area in an open cart ... as close as 10 to 20 feet from the facility's production lines."
Interstate Brands did not return calls seeking comment. -- Russell Mokhiber
-- Russell Mokhiber
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Sometimes, when i'm lonely... i crawl into a laundry basket and tickle my ears. But, Some times I don't...
"Tell me, does it move you, Does it soothe you, Does it fill your heart and soul with the roots of rock & roll? When you can't get through it you can listen to it with a 'na na na na', Well I've been there before" -"Been There Before" by Hanson
Citing a "substantial danger to the environment, public health and welfare," Illinois Attorney General Jim Ryan in January filed a lawsuit against Interstate Brands Corp., the makers of Hostess Twinkies.
The lawsuit forced the shutdown of a Chicago Interstate Brands facility where an allegedly illegal asbestos removal operation caused a 21-state recall of more than one million Hostess products.
The recall applies to all Hostess and Dolly Madison snacks with the code 57 that were produced since January 11, 1998.
Ryan alleges that in January a state health inspector was sent to the plant to investigate reports of improper asbestos removal. The inspector saw "piles of debris which tests confirmed was asbestos, a known human carcinogen." The lawsuit alleges that the inspector observed "uncovered, finished bakery products within 20 feet of where the asbestos removal had taken place."
State officials also allege that a worker at the facility, acting on orders from supervisors, removed asbestos insulation from a water tank in the plant's boiler room and "wheeled the uncontained asbestos-containing insulation through the facility's production area in an open cart ... as close as 10 to 20 feet from the facility's production lines."
Interstate Brands did not return calls seeking comment. -- Russell Mokhiber
