FBI Confirms Traces of Ricin and rinolic acid Found In Baby Food jars

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[fella]

We used the "Happy Baby Food Grinder" with our kids so they could eat what we ate. Now it has become the Wife's gift of choice at all baby showers. It's not expensive and doesn't take up much room in the babies bag plus it makes you watch what you eat.

[heleny]

In addition to the pop up tops, a lot of them have a plastic seal that needs to be removed first. Gerber is moving most of their fruits and vegetables over to little plastic resealable containers that have a foil cover. (This would not have been the case with the yogurt.)

I've seen those new plastic containers on Gerber's TV ads. Why couldn't yogurt come in them? Are they room temperature? Regular refrigerated yogurt, as well as yo-baby refrigerated yogurt, all come in plastic containers with foil or plastic seals. I don't have babies around, so I have no idea.

Glass jars are easy to reseal with no special equipment or skill, but for plastic seals you'd probably need plastic sheets or tubes.

[Carry_Okie]

After the oil is pressed from the seeds, the remaining “seed cake” can be used as fertilizer or as an animal feed. For feed use it first must be carefully boiled, heated, or treated by other means to inactivate the toxins present in it.

Does this mean that one could put the baby food into the microwave and boil it to deactivate the toxin? If so, how long would it take? (Great report, BTW.)

[eno_]

Just heard a report on KFI radio out of LA. I'm about 15 minutes from Irvine. The report confirmed that deadly ricin was not found, but apparently there were mashed up Castor beans. Also the note mentioned an Irvine cop by name. I don't think we have Jihadists on this one folks.

I would like to find the FDA "scientist" who claimed castor beans are not deadly and dare him or her to feed one to their child. Just one. Straight form nature. No processing into DEADLY JIHADIST RICIN. I mean, what harm could one castor bean do? Go back to sleeeep sheeeeple. Keep buying baby food. All is well.

[conservative cat]

Why couldn't yogurt come in them?

Yogurt could probably come in the plastic containers, but aren't yet. They are slowly changing over to the plastic containers and only have some of the fruits and vegetables over so far. I don't know if they plan on putting their entire line in plastic.

It's fine with me, because I just use baby food for the simple ingredient foods. If I want to give my baby yogurt, I'll get her real yogurt. They put a lot of filler in their yogurts, desserts, and meals.

[stboz]

The guy they're looking for is black....now...is he a Moslem?

[adam_az]

Maybe there was just rice in the jar?

[SoCal Pubbie]

Yeah yeah, sure sure.

[eno_]

Hmm. Munching on castor beans today?

[the Deejay]

At one time, (many eons ago), baby food was in cans. However, they found the inside of the tins did contaminate the food, when unused portions were put back into the fridge. That's when they decided to put baby food in jars.

[snopercod]

Oh, I meant to use "canned" as a generic term for "bottled or canned". Sorry. The lids on the glass jars of baby food have a little dimple in the middle which "pongs" with a distinctive sound when you open the jar (or not, if the vacuum is lost).

I love it when "canning" food (in quart Mason jars) and when you take the jars out of the cooker and let them cool, the lids all "pong" as the steam inside the jar condenses. It's like a little chorus or something...

Obviously, I have ricin poisoning...

[the Deejay]

Having looked after 2 grandbabies in the last four years, I am familar with the food in jars and the "poping" sound.

Also, in the canning process. Although we haven't put anything up in years & years.

[snopercod]

...we haven't put anything up in years & years.

Us either. No garden and fresh vegetables are just too expensive.

I did put up a few quarts of raspberry vinegar to make salad dressing, though. It seemed really stupid to fire up the canner with only two quart jars in it. Sigh...

We still have about 500 empty Mason jars in the basement, though ;-)