Kirkland Signature brand Whole Mixed Nuts recalled due to insect infestation

Healthy Canadians ^ | 7/24/14

[LibWhacker]

Starting date: July 24, 2014
Type of communication: Recall Alert
sub-type: Notification
Subcategory: Extraneous Material
Hazard classification: Class 3
Source of recall: Canadian Food Inspection Agency
Recalling firm: Costco Wholesale Canada Ltd.
Distribution: New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Quebec
Extent of the product distribution: Retail
CFIA reference number: 9067

Affected products Brand name Common name Size Code(s) on product UPC
Kirkland Signature Whole Mixed Nuts 1.13 kg Best Before 02 APR 2015 0 96619 17766 0

[LibWhacker]

Just got this notification by e-mail months after purchasing and consuming a couple of these... :-P

Got them from Amazon. I live in California. Don't know how widely distributed they were in the US otherwise.

Anyhoo... Feeling a little queasy right now and this thread is just a courtesy heads-up for any of my fellow Freepers who would feel likewise queasy at the prospect of eating some of them. For all you snake eaters out there, never mind. :-)

[BigEdLB]

Extraneous Material

[sportutegrl]

Kirkland is Costco’s house brand, fwiw. I eat those nuts all the time.

[bandleader]

I hate to tell my fellow”Freepers”this,but Kirkland(Costco)is”Infested with”Obongo A$$K*$$ERS”!Shop there at your own risk!!!

[Mastador1]

What’s the big deal? Extra protein is provided at no additional charge and someone freaks out, damn sensitive westerner stomachs.

[PghBaldy]

“Less Than 50% Centipedes Per Can!”

[alloysteel]

Hey, think of the high-protein content of these “infestations” of insects. Egg yolks from free-range chickens are somewhat more nutritious because of all the bugs they chased and gulped down. Taking the insects in directly does convert the rather crude and incomplete proteins in mixed nuts into a biologically superior form of what are termed “complete” amino acids, the building blocks of proteins.

[molson209]

They exceed the recommended amount of Bugs Parts and Rodent Hair

[Billthedrill]

“Less Than 50% Centipedes Per Can!”

Dang it. I buy that stuff for the centipedes. Nothing like feeling their little legs tickling as they slide down yer throat. If they think they're going to go for cheap fill like dung beetles they'll lose me as a customer.

[afraidfortherepublic]

Ick!

[Carriage Hill]

“Less Than 50% Centipedes Per Can!”

“100% of The US-FDA Daily Maggot Requirement!”

Heh.

[BigEdLB]

Rodent Hair? Maybe not so bad. Remy might be working on a new dessert recipe.

[Nervous Tick]

Just relabel them “Kirkland Land-A-Lunker Bass Bait” and raise the price six bucks a can. Problem solved.

[LibWhacker]

When I was a kid, my stepmom worked at the cottage cheese factory. Her job was to go in every morning at 4:30AM and scare the cockroaches off a huge vat of cheese that was 10 or 12 feet across.

She said every day when she went in to work, the vat was carpeted with a squirming mass of cockroaches. Completely carpeted it. You couldn't see the white cheese underneath. She had a rake and a scoop to rake off and scoop out the dead ones who were left behind after the ones that were still alive bugged out.

Couldn't eat cottage cheese for 40 years after that!

[reed13k]

mm extra protein and maybe even some chitin

[BipolarBob]

I hate it when my nuts are infested.

[Political Junkie Too]

It's a good thing I only get their pistachio nuts.

-PJ

[NormsRevenge]

I hate seeing an item, buying it, loving it,, and then never seeing not again. Pre-Sliced beef brisket,, yummmmy.. Bought it one time , NVR saw it again. Other stores,,nadaa,,

They got a lot of great stuff I otehrwise!

[NormsRevenge]

I used to ride with my dad to the local creamery to unload raw milk,, oh man, curd, whey, its was fun to watch the machinery that sucked it up.. And spit it out,, in dried milk, cottage cheese,hand milk for local stores..

[Dogbert41]

Where they earwigs? According to Rod Serling on Night Gallery, they lay eggs wherever they eat...