I can’t believe people actually eat this toxic crap on a good day.
Canned meat? Bleh.
“Botulin toxin produced by Clostridium botulinum is often believed to be a potential bioweapon as it is so potent that it takes less than 1 microgram to kill a person, a drop could kill 100,000 people, and 1 pound of it can kill the entire human population, though contact is uncommon.
Clostridium botulinum is a soil bacterium. The spores can survive in most environments and are very hard to kill. They can survive the temperature of boiling water at sea level, thus many foods are canned with a pressurized boil that achieves an even higher temperature, sufficient to kill the spores.
Growth of the bacterium can be prevented by high acidity, high ratio of dissolved sugar, high levels of oxygen, or very low levels of moisture. For example in a low acid, canned vegetable such as green beans that are not heated hot enough to kill the spores (ie. a pressurized environment) may provide an oxygen free medium for the spores to grow and produce the toxin. On the other hand, tomatoes or tomato sauce are sufficiently acidic to prevent growth; even if the spores are present, they pose no danger to the consumer. Honey, corn syrup, and other sweeteners may contain spores but the spores cannot grow in a highly concentrated sugar solution; however, when a sweetener is diluted in the low oxygen, low acid digestive system of an infant, the spores can grow and produce toxin. As soon as infants begin eating solid food, the digestive juices become too acidic for the bacterium to grow.”
Canadian company Connors Bros. has owned Bumble Bee since 2004, IIRC.
Chili and dog food made at the same plant -- and we know how carefully dog food is manufactured.
Yum, yum!
Maybe the FDA should be checking the chili for melamine, cyanuric acid and acetaminophen, while they're at it.
I got an email from Natural Balance pet foods last night. Evidently some of their canned food is involved in the recall too. We only use the kibble, so it didn’t affect us.
En zo, a question ~ howzit that Wal-Mart knew all about this and pulled these products in many markets 3 months ago?
The ignorance of todays consumers is staggering.
Even at 8 years old my mother had taught me how to avoid poorly prepared and or canned foods.
This is a Class 1 Recall.
http://www.fsis.usda.gov/News_&_Events/Recall_033_2007_expanded/index.asp
According to the Dept of Agriculture, a Class 1 Recall is described as: (scroll to bottom of above link)
This is a health hazard situation where there is a reasonable probability that the use of the product will cause serious, adverse health consequences or death.
Yikes, I have Bumble Bee tuna fish in the pantry. I wonder if it’s in the recall, or will be. I think I’ll refrain from eating it until I know it’s all clear. It’s becoming evident that we’re running out of safe food sources. I wonder if they canned food sent in from China.
Why do I have this sneaking feeling that the “botulism” is an FDA cover-up reason for more tainted Chinese ingredients!!!!
How many illegals are working at this processing plant?????
yes-and this is how Rock Hudson got AIDS-he had some bad meat in the can.