OT......Potato Items Pulled From Store Shelves | Arthritis Information
Several potato products that may be contaminated with listeria monocytogenes have been pulled from the shelves of Giant Food and Stop & Shop supermarkets, the Associated Press reported.
The products are 20 oz. bags of Simply Potatoes Shredded Hash Browns, Simply Potatoes Homestyle Slices and Simply Potatoes Red Potato Wedges. The products, which have "use by" dates ranging from March 29 to April 3, 2009, were recalled by Northern Star Co., a subsidiary of food processor Michael Foods Inc.
Listeria monocytogenes bacteria can cause flu-like symptoms and can be especially dangerous for pregnant women and people with weakened immune systems.
No reports of illness or injuries related to the recalled potato products have been received by Quincy, Mass.-based Stop & Shop or by Landover, Md.-based Giant Food, the AP reported.
Customers who bought the products should throw out any unused portions and bring the receipts to their stores for a full refund, the companies said.
Growing a garden is looking better and better to me.you are so right, Tink!!
I think I'll get my boys to tilling the back forty!!
seriously though.. what can you trust to buy for your family???
Listeria is a very bad thing for those of us on biologics, etc......
I don't even want to eat out at a restaurant anymore.... I'm afraid of compromising my health>> germaphobic thing that I've become!!
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I should have added; NOOOOOOOO! NOT POTATOES!!!!!!!
WOW! I almost bought the hash browns last week! You know they make fantastic potato pancakes! Saves your hands all that grating! DARN!Even if you had bought them last week, so long as they were thoroughly cooked, you would have been fine.
Oh- OK well I fry the hell out of them
What food will be next? I am a little concerned now too especially since I started enbrel. Buying foods like potatoes that are already pre-cut is a life savor for me. As for my eating out days they are sure to become a thing of the past. I have a son in food service and I hear horror stories.
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