If your pufferfish is inflated for more than four hours please see your ichthyologist.
Posted on 02/29/2008 4:14:03 PM PST by Extremely Extreme Extremist
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) ― Gorton's Inc. recalled about 1,000 cases of frozen fish in 10 states on Friday after confirming that a Pennsylvania customer found pills in the food.
Gorton's said it ordered the recall as a precaution while a laboratory works to determine the nature of the pills. Those tests should be complete early next week.
"Obviously product alteration is a very serious matter," said Jud Reis, vice president of marketing for the company, based in Gloucester, Mass. "We are conducting a full investigation into the source of the problem."
Tracy Rowan of New Freedom called police after she bit into one of the pills Sunday and found another on her daughter's plate. On Friday, Reis said the material was some sort of pill, not compressed batter or bread crumbs.
The recall is for Gorton's 6 Crispy Battered Fish Fillets, 11.4 ounces. The UPC Code is No. 44400157770, with a date code of 7289G1 and a best-if-used-by date of April 2009.
The fish was sent to nine other states: Alabama, Delaware, California, Florida, Georgia, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee and Texas.
Something smells fishy here
(seriously- do you know how hard it is to get foreign objects into canned food?)
What kind of pill? Viagra? I thought that one fish at the supermarket looked kind of bloated.
Something like this will be the last straw. One final hit to the economy and it will be over forever. 4-1/2 million Fords recalled? No. A box of fish product.
Trust the Gortons fishermen.
Cod liver oil supplements?
Some of Gorton’s fish products are simply packaged loose inside cardboard boxes. It would be a simple task to insert pills especially at the retail store.
Yes, but these were frozen and battered fish fillets. It probably wouldn't be very difficult at all to get some pills into those packages.
They're not canned, but frozen.
If your pufferfish is inflated for more than four hours please see your ichthyologist.
LOL
I always though he was hiding something under that slicker...
Evidently, you are correct.
Fish sold are allowed to have two or less parasites per fillet. I guess the pills will have to go and they will leave the worms.
That is so cruel...making fish swallow pills. Can’t we medicate them with liquids instead?
Had the Beer batter fillets last Friday night, not bad, no pills.
Good. So many people whine about the high price of drugs. Then they complain when they get it free in a fish stick.
Bump.
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