First 550 million eggs, now 380,000 lbs of deli meat. Let's just not eat anything and be safe.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

(CNN) -- Zemco Industries in Buffalo, New York, has recalled approximately 380,000 pounds of deli meat that may be contaminated with bacteria that can cause a potentially fatal disease, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Monday.

The products were distributed to Wal-Marts nationwide, according to the USDA's website.

The meats may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, which was discovered in a retail sample collected by inspectors in Georgia. The USDA has received no reports of illnesses associated with the meats.

"Consumption of food contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes can cause listeriosis, an uncommon but potentially fatal disease," according to the USDA. "Healthy people rarely contract listeriosis. However, listeriosis can cause high fever, severe headache, neck stiffness and nausea.

"Listeriosis can also cause miscarriages and stillbirths, as well as serious and sometimes fatal infections in those with weakened immune systems, such as infants, the elderly and persons with HIV infection or undergoing chemotherapy," the USDA said.

Wal-Mart did not immediately respond to a request for comment Tuesday from CNN.

http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/08/24/meat.recall/index.html?hpt=T2

[marmar]

1. Factory Food chickens coming home to roost.....

nt

[seabeyond]

2. i now take a knife to my apples not to cut, but to scrape off the wax on it. nt

[RKP5637]

3. Our non-existent inspection systems work really really well. As long as it

makes money none care, it's just the American way, anymore. To hell with the health of the people. What a place...

[valerief]

4. I think they'll just stop inspecting the food. That way they won't find anything.

:shrug:

[Warpy]

5. We're slowly becoming like the rest of the world

where the only safe food is cooked food. While that sounds strange for luncheon meat, a quick zap in a microwave to melt the cheese actually does make it taste a lot better than a cold bread, meat and cheese sandwich does.

I'm going to miss salads, though. I suppose I'll just have to grow my own greens.

[bluethruandthru]

6. Bush gutted Ag dept. food inspectors

along with just about every other department that had the ability to make trouble for business of any kind. This is what repubs want...NO government interference with business.
According to them, the almighty free market will take care of the problem. If you buy bad meat and die...you won't buy from that company anymore..right?

[mike r]

7. Quality food from the lowest bidder

Are we trying to compete with China for a food poisoning medal this year?

[mzteris]

8. oh but the "risk is rare" - so who cares?

Why make everyone who loves deli meat suffer just because some few might get sick and die...















































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(and yeah, you know who I'm talking to)

[Javaman]

9. Damn it! no more ham and eggs for breakfast!

I hate food born bacteria so much!!

[Amerigo Vespucci]

10. It's like the "don't think of pink elephants" thing...

...I don't eat eggs daily but right now I want one so damned bad I cannot even put it into words.

:rofl:

:toast:

[Javaman]

11. You don't want chocolate cupcakes...

you know you don't want them...

they aren't calling to you...