There has been a MASSIVE recall of frozen vegetables due to a listeria outbreak at the packaging facility. This includes both organic and conventional vegetables and under MANY brand names. Too many to list here, actually. Below are links to a Washington Post article about what is known so far and a link to the FDA page listing all of the brand names. The FDA page goes on and on, so make sure you keep scrolling even though it initially appears that the list is not that long. So far eight illnesses have been linked to this outbreak and potentially two deaths, although they are not sure yet if the deaths are due to the listeria.
The Washington Post link:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/05/05/massive-recall-of-frozen-fruits-and-veggies-expands-after-multi-state-listeria-outbreak/?tid=hybrid_experimentrandom_2_na
The FDA list of product names/brands:
http://www.fda.gov/Safety/Recalls/ucm498841.htm
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ReplyDeleteExactly!! Excellent point. Although it also does say in the article that listeria is difficult to get rid of once present and that so far there is no evidence that this company is lax in their practices. So far it sounds like they did everything they could, but when you have a huge facility...which brings us right back to your point! Smaller really is better for a lot of reasons!
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