ConAgra Foods Inc. is refusing to recall Banquet-brand and other potpies tied to a national salmonella outbreak, rejecting direct pleas by Oregon and Minnesota health officials.
The state officials say the company needs to recall all of its potpies because the source of the salmonella has not been identified. Doing anything less, they say, allows potentially dangerous food to remain on the market and confuses consumers.
The company says a recall is unnecessary. It contends that contamination is limited to its poultry potpies. Risks can be eliminated, the company says, by instructing consumers to cook the pies thoroughly enough to kill salmonella bacteria.
(The Oregonian)
State regulators (here in Oregon and Minnesota) identify problems but have no regulatory authority, can only plead. ConAgra does not do pleas. Feds can act, but may take weeks (for a recent E. coli recall they waited 18 days). Verdict: Cook it and eat it, Bunky, and shut up.
Or, of course, don't buy it.
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