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Another Listeria Recall! What's Happening To Our Food?

by Barbara McPherson | December 21, 2008 at 10:01 am

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Listeria seems to be in the news every day. Is it because we are more aware of the problem or is it because our food supply is irretrievably compromised? The CFIA as issued a health hazard alert for Nostrano brand Genoa Mild Sausage because of the possibility of contamination from the Listeria bacterium. This product has been distributed in Quebec.

Affected Product: Nostrano Genoa Mild Sausage

Size: 325 g. packages

Best before: 09 July 09

Codes: 91009 and 1017

Do not consume this sausage. Listeriosis can cause life threatening illness.

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politisite

at 10:29 on December 21st, 2008

Thanks for this story

Rhonda J Mangus

at 14:48 on December 21st, 2008

Thank you for keeping us informed, Barbara!

dunkelberg

at 17:19 on December 21st, 2008

Fascinating display.

Sausage? Now they've gone too far.

Art_By_Alida

at 19:24 on December 24th, 2008

The FDA in the USA now wants to start allowing certain amounts of listeria in foods, saying there are "normal" amounts. This would stop some foods from being recalled if they had low content of listeria.

The American Meat Institute is behind it.

Maybe they think when they start irradiating all our meat, that would kill the live bacteria..

http://www.meatami.com/ht/a/GetDocumentAction/i/1410

Opponents of irradiation say that the problem is in the processing and that irradiation is not the answer to meat contamination.

Barbara McPherson

at 09:55 on December 24th, 2008

Well, I'm not against irradiation per se, but when it allows dirty operators to continue it's bad. Right now the public is not told which foods are irradiated, but I understand that fresh strawberries and fresh pork are routinely zapped. And what about that instant, already cooked bacon that's in the cellopacks at the grocery? What's keeping it from rotting? I can see a use for it in preserving meat for areas that have no refridgeration. Maybe they just want a use for all that weapons grade plutionium. Ha, ha.