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Dead bat in salad mix leads to Wal-Mart recall: report
NOLA.com ^ | April 09, 2017 | Kevin Litten

Posted on 04/09/2017 9:30:32 PM PDT by boycott

Wal-Mart is recalling packaged salad mixes made by Fresh Express after a dead bat was found inside a box labeled as Organic Marketside Spring Mix, the Miami Herald reported. The recall affects stores in the Southeastern U.S., including Louisiana locations.

There is a "minimal" chance of spreading rabies through dead animal body parts in food, the Herald reported, and the bat was being tested for the disease. The Herald reported that two people were eating the salad when they found the dead bat inside, but because of "the deteriorated condition of the bat," the CDC was unable to determine whether it had rabies.

The Centers for Disease Control and the Florida Department of Health are investigating how the bat got inside the salad packaging. Because of the risk of rabies, both people have been recommended to begin rabies treatment, and both are in good health, the Herald reported.

(Excerpt) Read more at nola.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bat; cdc; salad; walmart
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Who ordered the bat salad?

Was it a pre-washed salad? I've always hated these pre-washed salads. I've never trusted them as being clean or fresh.

1 posted on 04/09/2017 9:30:32 PM PDT by boycott
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To: boycott

Was it at least a FRESH bat?


2 posted on 04/09/2017 9:31:23 PM PDT by Captainpaintball (It appears that we no longer wish to keep our Republic, Mr. Franklin...)
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To: boycott

Bush meat.


3 posted on 04/09/2017 9:32:36 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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To: Captainpaintball

If they sell chicken salad, why not bat salad?


4 posted on 04/09/2017 9:32:50 PM PDT by boycott
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

It says organic salad. I wonder if it was an organic bat.


5 posted on 04/09/2017 9:33:53 PM PDT by boycott
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To: boycott

Are there GMO or ersatz bats?


6 posted on 04/09/2017 9:35:11 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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To: Captainpaintball
the deteriorated condition of the bat" suggests otherwise.
7 posted on 04/09/2017 9:35:49 PM PDT by Telepathic Intruder
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To: boycott

If I were the CEO of Fresh Express, I would be looking for a place to retire right about now...maybe Bora Bora or someplace like that, distance-wise ;)


8 posted on 04/09/2017 9:36:36 PM PDT by Frank_2001
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The pre-bagged salads are sprayed with something that leaves a residue that makes my girlfriend’s mother sick if she eats it.


9 posted on 04/09/2017 9:39:23 PM PDT by Rebelbase (Deportation mayhem is just birthing pains for a new America.)
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To: boycott

Health officials:
“Luckily the bat was too dead and rotten to bite you!
Don’t you feel better?”


10 posted on 04/09/2017 9:39:49 PM PDT by GnuThere
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To: boycott

I got ecoli from a bagged salad, along with a lot of other people. Not fun.


11 posted on 04/09/2017 9:40:11 PM PDT by Rusty0604
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Wal-Mart is recalling packaged salad mixes made by Fresh Express after a dead bat was found inside a box
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Live bat = no problem.


12 posted on 04/09/2017 9:40:23 PM PDT by o-n-money (We should rename California to Newer Mexico.)
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To: boycott

Was it a San Diego Padre bat? They only hit .235 last year. Lots of dead bats.


13 posted on 04/09/2017 9:40:35 PM PDT by doug from upland (Hey, traitor Democrats. I have a tree. I'm sure another FReeper has a rope.)
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To: boycott

There’s a joke in there somewhere.


14 posted on 04/09/2017 9:41:01 PM PDT by Rusty0604
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To: boycott

Was it a San Diego Padre bat? They only hit .235 last year. Lots of dead bats.


15 posted on 04/09/2017 9:41:30 PM PDT by doug from upland (Hey, traitor Democrats. I have a tree. I'm sure another FReeper has a rope.)
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To: Captainpaintball

Yup.

Organic too!


16 posted on 04/09/2017 9:47:11 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: boycott

Dead rodents in the salad?

I was in this restaurant once where I looked up at the translucent or semi transparent cover over the ceiling lights, and could see a silhouette of big old hairy rat walking over the tables.

I couldn’t help myself, while everyone was eating and jawing, I cleared my throat, looked up and said, is that what I think it is...Most of the restaurant emptied.


17 posted on 04/09/2017 9:47:35 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: boycott

They charge extra for that in some places.


18 posted on 04/09/2017 9:50:57 PM PDT by Flag_This (Liberals are locusts.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Maybe they’re Organic bats.


19 posted on 04/09/2017 9:51:33 PM PDT by laplata ( Liberals/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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To: dragnet2

I was at a Mexican restaurant in Birmingham one night and a rat ran across the floor. I mentioned it to my date and continued to eat.


20 posted on 04/09/2017 9:51:55 PM PDT by boycott
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