Last fall when the peanut salmonella scare broke, I cleaned out my pantry. I had a large box of the peanut butter crackers that we plastered all over the news and more than one person in my family had experienced stomach flu type symptoms. I also banned the use of my generic peanut butter – even though the claimed jarred peanut butter was never at risk. I finally bought expensive Smart Balance peanut butter in both crunchy and smooth, much to my husband and step son’s relief, but I still won’t buy Nutty Buddy bars because I’m just not 100% convinced.
Today, the story is pistachio http://www.mercurynews.com/news/ci_12064352. Be sure to read the fine print – Kraft found this contamination in September, but the manufacturer didn’t recall the products until another contamination was found in March. What happened to all of those other pistachios they sold in between?
When did it get so risky to buy food off the grocery store shelf? Did this type of thing not happen years ago or did we just not have a way to report it?
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