Posted on 08/06/2007 6:55:01 PM PDT by NRA2BFree
Warning is second nationwide in last 30 days
Product Marketed Under a Variety of Brand Names
The affected Lakeside cut green beans are sold nationwide under the following labels: Albertson's, Happy Harvest, Best Choice, Food Club, Bogopa, Valu Time, Hill Country Fare, HEB, Laura Lynn, Kroger, No Name, North Pride, Shop N Save, Shoppers Valu, Schnucks, Cub Foods, Dierbergs, Flavorite, IGA, Best Choice and Thrifty Maid.
U. S. health officials are warning consumers not to eat certain brands of French Cut Green Beans in 14.5 ounce cans manufactured by Lakeside Foods Inc, of Manitowoc, Wisconsin because the product may not have been processed adequately to eliminate the potential for botulism toxin. This warning is not related to another recent warning for botulism.
The canned green beans may cause botulism if consumed. FDA is providing this warning to make consumers aware of the possible risk of serious illness from eating these products. As of August 1, 2007, FDA had not received reports of illnesses related to the product.
The botulism toxin is very potent, and botulism is a life-threatening illness. Symptoms of botulism can begin from six hours to two weeks after eating food that contains the toxin. The symptoms may include double vision, blurred vision, drooping eyelids, slurred speech, difficulty swallowing, dry mouth, and muscle weakness that moves progressively down the body, affecting the shoulders first then descending to the upper arms, lower arms, thighs, and calves. Botulism also may cause paralysis of the breathing muscles, which can result in death unless assistance with breathing (mechanical ventilation) is provided. Individuals who show these symptoms and who may have recently eaten the product should seek immediate medical attention.
The specific codes (top line of can code) involved are: EAA5247, EAA5257, EAA5267, EAA5277, EAB5247, EAB5257, ECA5207, ECA5217, ECA5227, ECA5297, ECB5207, ECB5217, ECB5227, ECB5307.
Consumers who have any of these products or any foods made with these products should dispose of them immediately. If the code on an affected can is missing or unreadable, consumers should throw the product out.
Lakeside Foods has informed FDA that it is voluntarily recalling all of the potentially contaminated products.
Lakeside Foods recommends that consumers with any questions or concerns about the recall should call the company at 800-466-3834 ext. 4090.
'Ain't globalism grand? < / sarcasm >
When did Wisconsin secede from the Union?
And in the article it indicated the green beans were grown or packaged outside the country where, exactly?
Not that how food is grown has anything whatsoever to do with botulism.
Green bean hotdish with fake fired onions on top hit hardest.
It only seems that way. :o)
A holiday curse.
This has been around since people started to preserve veggies. My grandmother lost some friends to it in her childhood in Illinois in the early part of last century.
Great word; talking to the balcony.
“microaerophilic”
I got a rockin’ bean stalk! And a bunch of bush beans.
Ex lab rat. Man, that was a long time ago! I remember that young punk named Pasteur... ;-)
C ration green beans were the first to go bad
I am going to ask an incredibly dumb question...I understand that canned green beans are in question here...but I would like to ask (as we eat alot of green beans here—yes, the dreaded gb casserole) are frozen beans ever a botulism risk (as we have both Food Club and ShopNSave brands on hand)? Does freezing kill off botulism?
I’m forwarding to a number of non-freepers. This needs media coverage. Luckily, I’ve checked my french-style green bean can cover.
Boy, am I glad I stopped eating canned foods a number of yrs ago.
Know what? It’s starting to get expensive throwing all this food out. Isn’t ANYONE in business to provide a good service/product anymore. They all way too worried about the bottom line at our expense and it’s gettin’ old!
Cheap imports..bah.
Botulism was the scourge of home canners. When I was very young visitors would often bring jars of home-canned fish, meats and vegetables as gifts to our country home. My Grandmother would accept them with smiles, compliments and great thanks. And they'd all go into the trash the minute the guests were out of sight even though compliments would flow the next time they showed up. Bottom line: it just wasn't safe to trust anyone's canning but your own.
I remember my mother telling me about home canned green beans when I was a little girl. I've been canning for a few years now, but I won't try to can green beans. I'd probably be my own victim. LOL
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