Another food recall

[Rebel SS]

Exactly!!   Why is it always way after the fact?!

[mike89]

Ya I don't get it Reb.  These recalls are always after the fact.  Folks already are eating the stuff or in the freezer.  They have federal inspectors in every plant.  One thing about recalls, the stores hear about it right away before the media does and it gets pulled on the spot.  So you should not ever see a recalled item in any store.  good luck.

Exactly!!   Why is it always way after the fact?!

well to answer both questions on one shot, further processing plants, no slaughter, has inspection on a random basis..   in other words that person covers 3 or 4 plants..  and they can be 50 miles apart to boot...   I have been close to 100 miles between plants at times, before I retired..  Rh the state inspects the stores, how often do you see them??  that is how how it works.. FDA come around 1 or 2 times a year..

[Rebel SS]

Well, that makes sense! 

[Reinhard]

Mike the stores here like Cub and Walmart for example have a company that's called Ecolab that sends inspectors once a month but they have nothing to do with food production.  They just inspect the sanitary conditions in the stores.  The state inspectors may come a couple of times a year and they also have nothing to do with production.  Way back in the days when I worked in a meat market they sold retail and some wholesale.  There we had a federal inspector who was there often.  Had to have a little desk space for the guy.  He only checked mainly for sanitary conditions and labeling of products.  When I first started I worked at Ambassador Sausage Co. in MPLS.  They had a federal inspector also who was there often.  He checked production, packaging, and sanitary conditions.  So as far as this recall,  the inspections should have taken place at the plant where this product was made.  They also took samples of ground beef to test for the correct lean/fat ratio.  Don't really know if the inspectors can catch things like small rocks in random boxes of the product on a production line.  Probably like hitting the lottery.  Seems like it's the consumers who complain and then action is taken.  good luck.

[mike89]

you are right on over all Rh...  yes Ecolab is not food related, per say..  and yes something like that would be real hard to find...  so that is why all plants work with HACCP plans..  hazard analysis critical control points...   so in other words a paper trail...  and also SSOP, standard sanitation operating procedures...  sure glad I'm not chasing that around any more either!1

[Reinhard]

Didn't know you were a inspector.  I got to know some of them over the years , especially Ecolab.  Nice guys and so where the feds.  Funny how some of them always picked on one item, and with the Ecolab guy it's always the saw which he goes over well but with the rest of the room he gives it a good visual scan LOL.  We go his number down well LOL.  We had one fed inspector just look at our brine containers for some reason so that was cared for good.  I did most of the cleaning back then since I was the rookie.  good luck.

[glenn57]

Didn't know you were a inspector.  I got to know some of them over the years , especially Ecolab.  Nice guys and so where the feds.  Funny how some of them always picked on one item, and with the Ecolab guy it's always the saw which he goes over well but with the rest of the room he gives it a good visual scan LOL.  We go his number down well LOL.  We had one fed inspector just look at our brine containers for some reason so that was cared for good.  I did most of the cleaning back then since I was the rookie.  good luck.

sounds like some OSHA inspectors I've seen in action. each one seems to have its own agenda!!!!!

[Rebel SS]

Ecolab is pretty much a fixture at Mayo.....a ton of areas/cafeterias/food rooms to inspect. Saw those guys daily.

[Lee Borgersen]

I just read dis warning dis morning! Sure enough I have one of deez unopend Fresh Express salad bags in da fridge.


https://www.bing.com/search?q=Bagged+Salad+Recall+Parasites&reqId=6278456f-7dc1-449e-b462-53348ce337fd&form=PRHPS5&pc=BT01&setmkt=en-us&rec_search=1&refig=c6af6c27893645d1ba334db72882b572&msnews=1

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[roony]

I just read dis warning dis morning! Sure enough I have one of deez unopend Fresh Express salad bags in da fridge.


https://www.bing.com/search?q=Bagged+Salad+Recall+Parasites&reqId=6278456f-7dc1-449e-b462-53348ce337fd&form=PRHPS5&pc=BT01&setmkt=en-us&rec_search=1&refig=c6af6c27893645d1ba334db72882b572&msnews=1

  Video report.....


I wouldn't worry about it, it should be ok.

[glenn57]

  i cant afford them spending premade bag thingys like the high buck people get..........i gotta grow my own and start from scratch!!!!!

[delcecchi]

I figured you were a hemp and lambsquarters and plantain guy.

[Lee Borgersen]

i cant afford them spending premade bag thingys like the high buck people get..........i gotta grow my own and start from scratch!!!!!

Poor Gleen  my cant afford them spending premade bag thingys 

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