- Hello, Jeff - I don't know who eats commercially canned
vegetables anymore, but for those who do, there is a recall of New Era
canned green beans in Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky,
Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia.
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- Patty
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- Source: Food and Drug Administration
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- New Era Canning Company of New Era, MI is voluntarily
recalling 171 cases/6 cans per case of 6 lbs, 5 oz GFS Fancy Blue Lake
Cut Green Beans, 4 Sieve, lot code 19H7FL, because they may be contaminated
with _Clostridium botulinum_, a bacterium which can cause life-threatening
illness or death from botulism. Consumers are warned not to use the product
even if it does not look or smell spoiled.
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- The canned green beans were distributed to foodservice
customers in Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Mississippi,
Missouri, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia and sold through GFS
Marketplace stores in Indiana, Kentucky, and Tennessee. The canned green
beans are packaged in 6 lbs, 5 oz cans under the GFS brand (GFS reorder
#118737; UPC 93901 11873) with lot code 19H7FL printed on the end of the
can. No other reorder numbers or lots are included in this recall.
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- No illnesses have been reported to date in connection
with this problem.
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- The potential contamination of the product was found
through testing by the Food and Drug Administration. New Era Canning in
conjunction with the US Food and Drug Administration and the Michigan Department
of Agriculture is thoroughly evaluating all processes and procedures to
determine the cause of the problem.
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- Any food that may be contaminated should be disposed
of carefully. Even tiny amounts of toxins ingested, inhaled, or absorbed
through the eye or a break in the skin can cause serious illness. Skin
contact should be avoided as much as possible, and the hands should be
washed immediately after handling the food. Customers should not be encouraged
to return product to Gordon Food Service. Customers who have the product
or any foods made with these products should throw them away immediately.
Double bag the cans in plastic bags that are tightly closed then place
in a trash receptacle for non-recyclable trash outside of the home. Restaurants
and institutions are encouraged to assure that such products are only placed
in locked receptacles which are not accessible to the public. Additional
instructions for safe disposal can be found at
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- http://www.cdc.gov/botulism/botulism_faq.ht
- http://www.fda.gov/oc/po/firmrecalls/newera12_07.html
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- Communicated by ProMED-mail
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- Photographs of the recalled product can be found at http://www.fda.gov/oc/po/firmrecalls/photos/newera12_07.html.
Because of the potential severity of botulism, ProMED-mail posts such recalls
even if, as in this case, there are no human cases associated with the
food. Most of the food recalls are related to defective preparation procedures,
which could, but not necessarily do, result in the germination of viable
spores of _C. botulinum_. - Mod.LL
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- Patricia A. Doyle DVM, PhD
- Bus Admin, Tropical Agricultural Economics
- Univ of West Indies
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- Please visit my "Emerging Diseases" message
board at:
- http://www.emergingdisease.org/phpbb/index.php
- Also my new website:
- http://drpdoyle.tripod.com/
- Zhan le Devlesa tai sastimasa
- Go with God and in Good Health
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