Posted on 02/18/2006 4:30:38 AM PST by Aussie Dasher
CHICAGO - A northern Illinois resident reported finding a bird’s head in a can of pinto beans, prompting a Chicago-based food company to announce a voluntary recall on Friday..
La Preferida Inc. said in a statement that it was recalling a limited number of its cans as a precaution. The company says the beans were canned by New Meridian Inc. in Eaton, Ind.
“There are still many unanswered questions, but we have decided to err on the side of safety,” said David Brand, La Preferida’s director of quality assurance.
The company is investigating to determine how the bird head got into the 15-ounce can, he said. The Illinois Department of Public Health and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration are also investigating.
Luz Marrufo, a 28-year-old nurse’s assistant, told the Daily Chronicle in DeKalb that she found the bird’s head Thursday while preparing breakfast for her three sons. She said she purchased the can at a grocery store in Aurora.
“I don’t think we’ll be eating beans for a long time, unless I make them,” Marrufo told the newspaper.
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I found worms in candy one time.
Weird stuff can happen with food.
You got that right! Makes you almost want to grow and cook your own, doesn't it? My daughter was working while she was in college. She worked in a local chain of restaurants. The manager made them put sandwiches back on plates when they had been dropped on the floor!!!! Yuck. She did not tell us that until AFTER she had stopped working there and we had stopped eating there.
I used to work at a McD's. Ugh. Won't go there anymore. If I know we are going to be gone somewhere long enough to want to eat, I usually pack a cooler. Saves a ton of money also. I do try to grow and cook my own, also. It takes time and work but you know what's in it and the quality is out of this world.
That is gross. In worked in a couple in high school and college and they would do some gross stuff also.
If it terns out that a little extra something took a swan dive into this lady's can of beans, some lawyer will be sitting in the catbird seat.
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