Posted on 08/19/2007 5:50:04 PM PDT by JACKRUSSELL
Consumers should not eat one brand of baby carrots sold recently at Costco stores because of contamination by shigella, which causes fever, nausea and vomiting, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency has warned.
The carrots are labelled Los Angeles Salad Company Genuine Sweet Baby Carrots, and they come from Mexico.
Costco has issued a voluntary recall of the carrots, which are known to have made four people sick. They were sold in British Columbia, Alberta, Ontario, Quebec and Newfoundland.
The carrots are sold in 672-gram bags, carrying these codes: ITM 50325, and UPC 8 31129 00137 7. The sell-by dates are up to and including Aug. 13.
According to the inspection agency website, the symptoms of shigellosis often feel like the flu.
"Symptoms can appear within 12 to 50 hours after eating contaminated food, but usually don't appear until three to seven days later. People who have shigellosis are usually ill for three to 14 days," the website says.
Food is usually contaminated by shigella when it comes in contact with water polluted by human sewage.
This is one thing I don’t have to worry about.
That’s one nasty bug. Will leave you literally crapping your guts out.
I want American food.
Why can’t I just pay more and get what I want?
Wonder when they will recall ours?
Are you talkin' to me?
And in all honesty, those Mexican Carrots - at least to the final consumer - probably were not significantly more expensive than comparable US Grown carrots. Of course, the Los Angeles Salad Company probably made an extra 5 cents per bag over US produced carrots....
Mexican sewage food ping.
I acquired Shigella in 1976. Was off work 90 days with two weeks in the hospital. Was active fore and aft and in latter stages self destructing as bits and pieces of interior were ejecting with simple act of attempting to drink water. Almost expired. Doctor thought it was something else for two weeks before he finally hit on the correct diagnosis and appropriate pharmaceuticals.
This stuff is really nasty. My case was acquired eating lunch aboard a ME Containership with Arab crew handling the food. Never ate on board a ME ship again.
BTW...Couldn’t ever drink Beer, eat any Peanuts or Nuts anykind, lettuce, Spinach, anything with seeds such as Hamburger Buns...the list goes on since. Of course have developed adequate diet since, but just trying to advise how nasty this stuff is.
That’s terrible and thanks for the details - warnings. You must have very nearly died, because fluid loss inorexably brings on organ failure.
I can just hear Rush tomorrow! He has been warning about the dangers of carrots for years! :)
I have never cared for anyone with it, but did study it in microbiology. It is very nasty.
You can. Shop at your local farmer’s market, checking with the vendor to make sure the produce you want is grown in your local area.
The good news is that you probably won’t pay more for the same vegetables.
If you have access to a Whole Foods Market store in your area, you can shop there as well. Many carry local and/or organically-grown produce.
And of course you can grow your own food, or help a neighbor with his or her garden...
Have people stopped washing their raw food....especially root crops which should be scrubbed thoroughly.
I'm sure they put this came from mexico on the package. LOL
You can, but it’ll probably still be American-grown, picked by illegal Mexicans.
I didn’t know Helen Thomas liked carrots...
Shigella... isn’t that a zoraster type virus like chicken pox and herpes?
Can’t remember...
I just checked the COSTCO carrots I purchased this week....they are Organic, from Earthbound...says “Produce of USA”....and says they are “washed.” But, I ALWAYS WASH THEM ANYWAY! However, with people cooking less and less of their own meals....I think many of the younger set don’t even think about washing produce.....my 16 yo niece was here and made a sandwich, with some Romaine I had in the fridge....I asked.....DID YOU WASH IT FIRST....”No” was her reply.....sheesh.....and NO, I don’t always wash lettuce before I refrigerate it.
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