Baby Carrots Recall

[Lise]

Yet another warning, this time baby carrots from Costco.

  [FONT color=#ff0000 size=6]Health Canada issues warning on baby carrots[/FONT]

   People in Canada are being warned not to eat a brand of baby carrots from Mexico because the product may be contaminated with shigella bacteria.

 The item, Los Angeles Salad Company Genuine Sweet Baby Carrots, was sold in 672-gram plastic bags with sell-by dates up to and including Aug. 13 of this year, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) says.

 The product was sold in Costco stores in British Columbia, Alberta, Ontario, Quebec and Newfoundland, the agency says.

 There have been four reported illnesses associated with the consumption of the carrots, CFIA says on its website.

 Food contaminated with shigella may not look or smell spoiled. Shigella infection can cause diarrhea, fever, nausea and vomiting.

 The illness usually lasts from four to 14 days. In some people, especially the very young, and very old, and in people with compromised immune systems, the diarrhea can be more severe.

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[Sportsdude]

ah oh, alert the costco groupies on here.  

[P.C.]

Thank god for Lise, who keeps me on top of these things.  I often hear things from Lise before I hear it on the news.....LOL

[JJ]

Thanks Lise I hadn't hear of that one yet.  I don't buy many convience foods, but I do buy the bag of carrots sometimes.

[Russ]

We ate two of them recently. Im going to buy more today.

  Four sicknesses out of how many people buying it? I think this is overeaction and probably due more to something else these people had that the carrots brought on.

  Time will tell...

[49er]

Costco has a record of everything you purchased with your membership card.  

  I received a recent recall notice from Costco for canned chili because their records showed that I had purchased the brand.  I took the notice back to Costco for a refund as directed, thinking they would only refund me for the most recent purchase........instead they refunded me for all the purchases I had made of that brand of chili  

[Russ]

Really? Thats interesting 49er.. didnt know that!

But that makes sense thinking about it cause they keep track of your purchases and how much you spent...    

[purelife]

  Before you know it, you can't eat anything anymore.  I still eat baby carrots, love 'em, in fact.  The thing that I could probably do is wash them a second time with our water, but I'm too lazy.

When Britan had the mad cow beef scare, I still brought their beef when I was there.  I was at Sainsbury's and this guy infront of me says "Are you really going to eat that?!"  I was like "yeah, I'm a meat eater."  

At one time, eggs were bad for ya, then later, eggs are good for ya, can someone make up their minds, please?!


   

[49er]

a lot of recalls may have to do with statistics and not because someone actually got sick or died.  For example the FDA allows so many mouse hairs in x number of hot dogs, when this number is exceded in a batch the hot dogs of that batch are recalled

[Lise]

Well, the FDA don't want to create a panic among the population so I can understand when they have a criteria that they have before recalling the items. Still, they are the front-line against food and diseases and we trust them to tell us it's safe to eat what we eat. So yeah, I do expect a lot from the FDA.