Posted on 02/18/2006 4:30:38 AM PST by Aussie Dasher
CHICAGO - A northern Illinois resident reported finding a birds 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 Preferidas 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 nurses assistant, told the Daily Chronicle in DeKalb that she found the birds head Thursday while preparing breakfast for her three sons. She said she purchased the can at a grocery store in Aurora.
I dont think well be eating beans for a long time, unless I make them, Marrufo told the newspaper.
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I'm late to this thread. Looks like you guys been robin the
pun bank. You hardly sparrowed me anything. It looked pretty beak. Fortunately I keep a nest egg of puntos around.
You have a natural talon for bird puns. Not just a bunch of junco. Glad you dove in and joined us.
"Just doing my bit for eagle rights."
Cub over here, Scout, and I'll tell you how to raptor your caws up in patriotism so Weblosome Libs out of their perches.
Your efforts are soar-ly needed because there are many vermin out there.
The buteo this thread is that there is so much to work with. You always shrike a blow for punning excellence.
Luz Marrufo should have learned from Anna Ayala.
The bird flu the coop?
What are the cardinal rules of safety? Obviously some nut hatched a plan to goose this cannery into dropping avian producks into the legumes. Don't swallow the propaganger... the chick has bean fired after ruffling too many feathers. Nene nene. What a loon.
Dang! PropaGANDER. Gotta use the spellchick.
Bird's Eye, Quality canned foods. Check for the label!
Geez, folks, stick with Campbell's.
Another hoax for $$$$$?
I don't buy it.
I decontaminate my V-8 juice with a shot of gin.
But, no! I hope she wins more than a poultry sum.
Don't mind me. I'm just hiding out here in this "bird's head in can of beans" thread to get away from all the Muslim rioting and Cheney hunting threads. I just needed a rest.
I geese you're not too bad yourself. Truth be known, we're not a bunch of turkeys - we're all pretty cocksure of ourselves. So if someone can't do well on this thread, they're just a has-bean, an ex-punker.
Technically speakin' of course, this is an opun and shut case of a herstorkally bad pun that should have be canned.
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