I know that none of our Slashfood readers would ever dare to eat canned vegetables (except tomatoes for sauce, right), but just in case you happen to be one who might eat French-cut green beans, make sure to check out the list below. The FDA has issued a warning that the canned green beans could be tainted with the toxin that causes botulism. The beans were processed by Lakeside Foods in Manitowoc, Wisconsin. The company is voluntarily recalling 15,000 cases of green beans, although no botulinum toxin has been found in any cans that were tested. No illnesses had been reported due to consumption of the green beans as of August 1, either. But hey, better safe than sorry!
The affected brands are: Albertson's, Happy Harvest, Best Choice, Food Club, Bogopa, Valu Time, Hill Country Fare, HEB, Laura Lynn, Kroger, No Name, North Pride, Shop N Save, Shoppers Valu, Schnucks, Cub Foods, Dierbergs, Flavorite, IGA, Best Choice and Thrifty Maid.
The warning applies to cans with the following codes: EAA5247, EAA5257, EAA5267, EAA5277, EAB5247, EAB5257, ECA5207, ECA5217, ECA5227, ECA5297, ECB5207, ECB5217, ECB5227, ECB5307.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
8-04-2007 @ 11:42PM
Rob said...
It's tragic that we can't wholly trust our food sources. In my local area they have even recalled "organic" fresh produce. Pretty scary. Perhaps is back to the 'ole home garden...
Rob (aka Skinny Sam)
http://naturalweightlosscures.com
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8-05-2007 @ 1:46AM
MJ said...
Yep, another one, heard about this on the walmart recall sites a couple of days ago. They have a larger site as well to look up all recalls. I have been doing this for a while because most of the time you dont hear about them. They also post them in stores on a bulletin board, but who checks that? ????? I knew about the chilli recall and all the other meat items like corned beef hash, and barbecue to name a few on another site. On the news they only mentioned hotdog chilli. After several days they finally said that the list was longer. Many stores still have the stuff on the shelf. I found out first from a website about food. Be safe out there!!!
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8-05-2007 @ 12:45PM
Kevin said...
All the more reason to emphasize local food supply sources.
One of the big changes we as consumers need to push is that of asking our local grocery stores to carry locally-grown vegetables and meats.
Doing so reduces also reduces greenhouse gas emissions since the energy required to process, store and transport the food to market is significantly less.
Thanks for this article -
Kevin
http://www.21st-century-citizen.com
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