Salmonella Hits Pistachios
2Apr2009 Filed under: Food Buzz Author: Tasha
Remember when your parents would tell you “Don’t Mix Your Food!” Well, they were right…. Thanks Mom and Dad.
According to the FDA’s assistant commissioner for food safety David Acheson, mixing raw nuts with roasted nuts is a HUGE NO NO. In recent news, 2 million pounds of pistachios have been recalled from California that were distributed nationwide from Setton International Foods, Inc.
One of Setton Farms’ customers, Kraft Foods, alerted the FDA of its findings, when discovered several strains of salmonella during routine analysis of pistachio products. The possible cross contamination between both raw and roasted pistachios prompted this recall to be placed.
The last serious concern that the public was faced with came from the enormous recall of peanuts. Hopefully, this is the last scare we will all have, and with the help of Obama’s vow to improve food safety we are on the beginning path.
But until then Safety is the Best Policy… I will stay away from eating nuts for the time being, will you?
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Richard
April 6th, 2009 at 9:33 am
There is a new web page up called http://www.pistachiorecall.org. It lists all the safe (i.e., non-Setton) pistachio brands. This is a good first step to more effectively communicate the details of the recall. I hope it’s helpful.
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November 15th, 2009 at 3:52 pm
If only other webmasters would do what you have done and build a really worthwhile site on the subject. Most of them load the pages with junk, but this is exactly what I was looking for – Salmonella Hits Pistachios – ThatsSoYummy.com. Thank you from a very grateful Carrie Mason