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Officials are investigating 23 cases of people getting sick from the same strain of salmonella that affected the cereal. The cereal recalled was distributed across the country under the Malt-O-Meal name as well as other names, including Acme, America's Choice, Food Club, Giant, Hannaford, Jewel, Laura Lynn, Pathmark, Shaw's (yikes, that's where I shop!), ShopRite, Tops and Weis Quality.
The people who got sick are from 13 different states.
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4-14-2008 @9:13AM Jay said... I am tired of reading about this kind of stuff, always followed by how responsive the company was in assisting the recall.
How about being responsive in not getting salmonella in breakfast cereal?
If these companies aren't heavily fined for this type of thing, they should be.
It is totally preventable and grossly irresponsible for this type of thing to happen in the first place.
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4-14-2008 @12:50PM Michael Schmitt said... Salmonella can be found in flours (wheat, rye, etc) in small enough amounts that it would be almost impossible to detect (sampling schemes require products to be Salmonella free in 500 gram composite samples).
In THIS case, the company found Salmonella in their products that were already out the door. This could have been prevented if the company released the product only AFTER the product cleared pathogen testing, which would have taken a maximum of 7 days after sampling.
I'm guessing that the people affected were mostly small children with underdeveloped immune systems.
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