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A nationwide recall of hot-dog chili sauces due to possible botulism bacteria contamination began last Thursday and became larger this past weekend. "Great Value" private-label cans of chili sauce from retailer Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT) have been recently also added to the recall list. Other brands on the list include Castleberry's and Austex Hot Dog Chili Sauce.

Here is where things get a little dicey, and probably will continue to do so in the future. If you remember, peanut butter from ConAgra Foods Inc. (NYSE: CAG) was recalled last fall, leaving the Peter Pan brand absent from many grocers' shelves. Now, the chili sauce recall hit the market and it seems that Wal-Mart's private labels aren't immune this time either.

This is not surprising since probably all of Wal-Mart's private-label grocery items are made by the bigger manufacturers. In some cases, the ingredient mix and breakdown is slightly different from the brand names so they don't look and taste exactly like the private-label brands such as Sam's Choice and Great Value.

The question is then, why is it that I rarely see the private-label brands referenced right at the start with the name brands when food recalls happen? Just like with the Peter Pan peanut butter recall months ago, this chili sauce recall did not include Wal-Mart's private-label brands until after the recall was firmly and publicly established. Seeing as Wal-Mart is the nation's largest food retailer, one would think getting recall notices out covering its private-label brands would be first order.

Botulism contamination recall: Wal-Mart chili added to list originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Mon, 23 Jul 2007 13:52:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Peanut butter manufactured under the "Peter Pan" and "Great Value" brands with the product code 2111 by ConAgra Foods (NYSE: CAG) is still making people sick, according to the latest report by the Centers for Disease Control. Although the entire batch of tainted peanut butter has long been pulled from store shelves, it's difficult to remove from consumer's shelves (especially as the two-dollar refund isn't exactly a money-maker). And processed peanut butter (as we well know) seems to last forever; I wouldn't be surprised if first-graders are still toting contaminated sandwiches to school in their lunchboxes next fall.

So as my college track buddy Josephine always said around October when the sniffles would break out around the locker room, "sickness is coming." Sickness is still coming, and likely will continue for some time; 628 cases in a whopping 47 of our 50 U.S. states have been reported, with more than 200 new since March when the CDC last reported (the peanut butter recall was announced in mid-February 2007).

ConAgra won't be producing peanut butter from its Sylvester, Ga. plant again for a while, as renovations to fix the moisture problems blamed for the contamination are still underway; but the company will reintroduce its Peter Pan brand in July. But with customers still sickening, will anyone go back? Would you eat Peter Pan peanut butter again?

Peanut butter sickness still coming: Peter Pan, Great Value salmonella cases top 600, would you eat it again? originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Fri, 01 Jun 2007 11:52:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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everett washing his handsWhile preschool was difficult for my son, who just doesn't like playing according to a schedule, I can gratefully point to one rule I needed help reinforcing: washing his hands. Like all the rest of the kids, he was required to wash hands after going to the potty and before eating snacks.

Clearly, the food workers of America did not learn this lesson.

Salmonella can infect a food in two ways: (1) if the raw meat or uncooked eggs from an infected chicken or other animal is ingested (either by eating raw food or by contaminating other foods with chicken juices, etc.) or (2) a human's feces come into contact with food. Because someone didn't wash his hands after using the potty. The CDC says the source of contamination is "still under investigation," but as this is the first-ever peanut butter contamination I'm just going to go out on a limb and say "human feces."

Peter Pan and Great Value peanut butter products (starting with code 2111) have been recalled by ConAgra Foods, Inc. (NYSE:CAG), thanks to a salmonella outbreak. I'm sure the parents who just sent their children to school with peanut butter and jelly sandwiches told them to wash their hands before lunch.

It's not like this is the first time this has happened, even in the past few months.

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Peter Pan peanut butter recalled: have Americans stopped washing their hands? originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Thu, 15 Feb 2007 14:21:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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