Costco is recalling Organic by Nature brand frozen Organic Sweet Peas due to possible Listeria contamination.
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I just bought some of these yesterday,and ate ’em for supper! barf! Ralph! Huey!
OOOhhhhh,groann,am I ever sick!
How sick,you ask. Real sick. About $50,000 oughta make it all go away.
Listeria has been implicated in many outbreaks of food-borne illness, most commonly from exposure to contaminated dairy products and prepared meat products, including turkey and deli meats, pâté, hot dogs and seafood and fish.
Given its widespread presence in the environment and food supply, the ingestion of Listeria has been described as an “exceedingly common occurrence.”
It’s a bacteria, it’s killed by cooking. Who eats raw frozen peas?
Still like to know the source of these frozen peas, my bet would be somewhere in Asia and likely China.
“Who eats raw frozen peas?”
They can be a creative addition to a smoothie. Have you seen dried peas in the salty snack section of the bulk bins?
Well frozen peas go good with blueberries and cherries in a smoothie. etc.
Just a sec, weren’t the Costco Organic berries&cherries recalled just last week for Hepatitis A?/
Me, I almost thinking that the common denominator in a preponderance of microbially adulterated unsafe produce foodstuffs is the ‘organic nature’ of their production, and I’m not just being bigoted towards dirty hippies here.
Well, Listeria may not be confined to “organic” foods, but I have farmed for over forty years and was raised on a farm and have seen how “organic” crops are grown. If every crop was raised “organically” we would go back fifty years as far as crop quantity production is concerned. There are some organic farmers in our area and their crops are two thirds of what modern crop production is. Besides, there was the occasion, which I mentioned on these pages, where an organic farmer pumped waste out of local town’s sewage lagoon when its system failed and spread it over a quarter section. That spring he seed oats that went for “organic” oat meal.
Besides, there was that incident a few years ago in the western US when organic lettuce killed eleven people.
You might also want to look into what they apply to “organic” bananas.
My brother-in-law grows some organic grapes among his other table and wine vineyards on his Niagara-on-the-Lake farm to take advantage of the higher prices paid. He says there is a sucker born every day.
some of the same Ont consumers who demonised a hog farmer and Prem Mike Harris over the Walkerton e-coli tragedy, cheerfully purchase this organic crap because it is “Green”. Others line up to put a down payment on a vehicle they have never seen; they manage to support wind generated electricity and electric cars,mutually exclusive ideas at the same time. Green hucksters will never go broke as long as gullible consumers exist.
So much for their organic wholesome foods looks like it has its drawbacks just don’t ever expect big headlines in you daily news rag and don’t ever expect the talking heads to mention it either
Your denigration of “organic” foods is unfair. Its a market phenomenon. If people want it, they should be able to buy it.
Many people are sickened by factory farm stuff too, btw.
The majority of comments have revealed a serious issue that must be addressed. It is clearly wrong that innocent people are being forced to eat ‘organic’ food against their will. It’s even worse that ‘organic’ ingredients may be included in some products with no warning on the label. People have a right to live in a world that is ‘organic-free’. Do it for the children.
I just bought some of these yesterday,and ate ’em for supper! barf! Ralph! Huey!
OOOhhhhh,groann,am I ever sick!
How sick,you ask. Real sick. About $50,000 oughta make it all go away.
Listeria outbreaks are fairly common and not confined to supposedly ‘organic’ products.
http://www.cdc.gov/listeria/outbreaks/
Listeria has been implicated in many outbreaks of food-borne illness, most commonly from exposure to contaminated dairy products and prepared meat products, including turkey and deli meats, pâté, hot dogs and seafood and fish.
Given its widespread presence in the environment and food supply, the ingestion of Listeria has been described as an “exceedingly common occurrence.”
It’s a bacteria, it’s killed by cooking. Who eats raw frozen peas?
Still like to know the source of these frozen peas, my bet would be somewhere in Asia and likely China.
“Who eats raw frozen peas?”
They can be a creative addition to a smoothie. Have you seen dried peas in the salty snack section of the bulk bins?
Well frozen peas go good with blueberries and cherries in a smoothie. etc.
Just a sec, weren’t the Costco Organic berries&cherries recalled just last week for Hepatitis A?/
Me, I almost thinking that the common denominator in a preponderance of microbially adulterated unsafe produce foodstuffs is the ‘organic nature’ of their production, and I’m not just being bigoted towards dirty hippies here.
Well, Listeria may not be confined to “organic” foods, but I have farmed for over forty years and was raised on a farm and have seen how “organic” crops are grown. If every crop was raised “organically” we would go back fifty years as far as crop quantity production is concerned. There are some organic farmers in our area and their crops are two thirds of what modern crop production is. Besides, there was the occasion, which I mentioned on these pages, where an organic farmer pumped waste out of local town’s sewage lagoon when its system failed and spread it over a quarter section. That spring he seed oats that went for “organic” oat meal.
Besides, there was that incident a few years ago in the western US when organic lettuce killed eleven people.
You might also want to look into what they apply to “organic” bananas.
My brother-in-law grows some organic grapes among his other table and wine vineyards on his Niagara-on-the-Lake farm to take advantage of the higher prices paid. He says there is a sucker born every day.
some of the same Ont consumers who demonised a hog farmer and Prem Mike Harris over the Walkerton e-coli tragedy, cheerfully purchase this organic crap because it is “Green”. Others line up to put a down payment on a vehicle they have never seen; they manage to support wind generated electricity and electric cars,mutually exclusive ideas at the same time. Green hucksters will never go broke as long as gullible consumers exist.
So much for their organic wholesome foods looks like it has its drawbacks just don’t ever expect big headlines in you daily news rag and don’t ever expect the talking heads to mention it either
Your denigration of “organic” foods is unfair. Its a market phenomenon. If people want it, they should be able to buy it.
Many people are sickened by factory farm stuff too, btw.
The majority of comments have revealed a serious issue that must be addressed. It is clearly wrong that innocent people are being forced to eat ‘organic’ food against their will. It’s even worse that ‘organic’ ingredients may be included in some products with no warning on the label. People have a right to live in a world that is ‘organic-free’. Do it for the children.