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« on: July 19, 2007, 05:11:46 pm »





The U.S. Food and Drug Administration expanded a nationwide recall of various brands of possibly contaminated Castleberry Food Co. products.

The company's voluntary recall expansion includes 10-ounce cans of Castleberry's Hot Dog Chili Sauce (UPC 3030000101), Austex Hot Dog Chili Sauce (UPC 3030099533), Kroger Hot Dog Chili Sauce (UPC 1111083942), Castleberry's Barbecue Pork (UPC 3030000402) and Bunker Hill Chili No Beans (UPC 7526604112).

Also being recalled were 15-ounce cans of Morton House Corned Beef Hash (UPC 7526665830), Cattle Drive Chili with Beans (UPC 3030001515), Southern Home Corned Beef Hash (UPC 0788015360), Meijer Corned Beef Hash (UPC 4125095229) and Castleberry's Chili with Beans (UPC 3030001015).

All of the recalled products were produced by the Augusta, Ga., company and have best by dates ranging from April 30, 2009, through May 22, 2009.

The FDA said consumers who have any of the products or any foods made with the products should discard them because of the possibility of botulism contamination.

Consumers with questions or concerns can contact the company at 888-203-8446.

Copyright 2007 by United Press International

Publication date: 19 July 2007   

Source: UPI-1-20070719-14155900-bc-us-chilisauce-recall-1stld.xml
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                                          FOOD IN BOTULISM RECALL STILL BEING SOLD
 




By Andrew Bridges, AP Writer

WASHINGTON - Stores nationwide are continuing to sell recalled canned chili, stew, hash and other foods potentially contaminated with poisonous bacteria even after repeated warnings the products could kill.

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Thousands of cans are being removed from store shelves as quickly as investigators find them, more than a week after Castleberry's Food Co. began recalling more than 90 potentially contaminated products over fears of botulism contamination.

The recall now covers two years' production at the company's Augusta, Ga., plant — a tally that spirals into the tens of millions of cans.

Spot checks by the Food and Drug Administration and state officials continue to turn up recalled products for sale in convenience stores, gas stations and family run groceries, from Florida to Alaska. The FDA alone has found them in roughly 250 of the more than 3,700 stores visited in nationwide checks, according to figures the agency provided to The Associated Press.

In states like North Carolina, more than one in three stores checked by state officials in recent days were still offering recalled products for sale. Officials there pulled 5,500 cans and pledged to keep searching.

"We're not going to quit. These numbers are too high," said Joe Reardon, who oversees food protection for the state Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.

Four people have been sickened and hospitalized because of the contaminated food, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Officials fear the tally will grow.

"Frankly, the fact we have had only four illnesses in this situation has people saying, 'Well, what is the big deal?' The deal is this is something that can land you in the ICU, not being able to breathe, for weeks," said Dr. David Acheson, the FDA's lead food safety expert.

FDA investigators believe Castleberry's failed to properly cook some or all the products, allowing the Clostridium botulinum bacteria to survive the canning process. In the oxygen-free and moist environment of the sealed cans, the bacteria thrive and produce a toxin that causes botulism, a muscle-paralyzing disease.

"The longer this stuff stays in the can, the worse it gets," Acheson said.

The bacteria also produce gases that can cause contaminated cans to swell and burst. Already, cans being held in a company warehouse have begun to break open. Health officials say the extremely potent toxin can infect people if it is inhaled, swallowed or absorbed through the eye or breaks in the skin.

Health experts consider botulism a severe health threat but worry that word of the recall has not reached all consumers or retailers, especially mom-and-pop operations.

"It has been a problem getting the message out. We're having a problem reaching the smaller stores," said Lynae Granzow, an epidemiologist with the Indiana Department of Health.

In Massachusetts, health inspectors found recalled products in fewer than 50 small stores, mostly in the Boston area, state Department of Public Health spokeswoman Donna Rheaume said. Spot checks in Alaska, Florida, Kentucky, Montana, New York, Indiana and elsewhere also have found them on shelves.

Castleberry's has hired a company to collect the recalled products from stores. It has posted a complete list of the recalled products, including some dog foods, on its Web site — http://www.castleberrys.com/

People who have any of the recalled products at home should double-bag and throw them away, the FDA recommends.

Castleberry's is owned by Bumble Bee Seafoods LLC, based in San Diego.

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On the Net:

FDA botulism information: http://tinyurl.com/324exf
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