Totino's and Jeno's pizza recalled due to E. coli

[celeb_2006]

Totino's and Jeno's pizza recalled due to E. coli - Yahoo! News



Almost five million Totino's and Jeno's frozen pizzas with pepperoni toppings are being recalled because the pepperoni may be contaminated with E. coli, General Mills Inc said on Thursday.
General Mills, which owns the Totino's and Jeno's brands, said the recall affects about 414,000 cases of pizza products currently in stores and all similar pizza products that might be in consumers' freezers. Each case contains 12 pizzas.
The possible E. coli contamination was uncovered by state and federal authorities investigating 21 E. coli-related illnesses in 10 states.
General Mills said nine of the 21 people reported having eaten Totino's or Jeno's pizza with pepperoni topping at some point before becoming ill.
The people became ill between July 20 and October 10, the USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service said, adding that all the patients recovered.
The people did not have packages with dates codes or other information General Mills needs to narrow down which pizzas might be affected, General Mills spokesman Tom Forsythe said, adding that, for the same reason, the company could not determine which of its suppliers provided the pepperoni.
E.coli O157:H7 is a potentially deadly bacteria that can cause bloody diarrhea and dehydration. The very young, seniors and persons with compromised immune systems are the most vulnerable to food borne disease.
The recall includes eight types of Totino's brand frozen pizza and three types of Jeno's brand frozen pizza with pepperoni topping, or pepperoni in combination with other toppings.
The frozen pizzas were produced in its Wellston, Ohio, plant and distributed throughout the United States. The plant is currently making other pizzas, but not with pepperoni, General Mills spokesman Tom Forsythe said.
Forsythe said the company had yet to determine the cost of the recall.
General Mills shares were down $1.08, or 1.87 percent, at $56.65 late on Thursday afternoon on the New York Stock Exchange. The stock is down 1.7 percent this year, compared with a 0.35 percent increase for the Standard & Poor's packaged foods index.

[msdeb]

the only thing that saved me is most of these you have to cook in the oven. thats a pain in the ass.

[crumpet]

Are these made in China,too?

[teforde23]

i've got a fridge full of totino's pizza. They're like $1 at Walmart.

[sweetness]

Ah, so this is why I couldn't find these pizzas the other day at the grocery store.
All they had was the 3 cheese kind, so that's what I got.

At the same time a lady was there looking for pot pies and couldn't find them.
I heard the clerk tell her that they had been recalled for the same reason.

[Tati]

I don't think I've ever seen that many different ingredients in one thing!

[sweetness]

^^ Oh, but they're so tasty!

My son's best friend will only eat junk (I've been trying to get him to eat vegetables for the last 7 years.... doesn't work) so I keep my freezer stocked with these. I can't stand to see him not eat.

The only other foods he'll eat are hot dogs, popcorn, cereal -the sugary kind, and mac & cheese.

[carrie2008]

No, not pizza with E.coli now!

So can we expect every kind of food out there for us to basically be contaminated with something now or what??!

[Algernon]

Ah, so this is why I couldn't find these pizzas the other day at the grocery store.
All they had was the 3 cheese kind, so that's what I got.

Heh heh...me too. I was really pissed, as I rely on these for my lunch once a week. Yeah, they're horrible for you. But they are damn good!

All these pizzas are being wasted, probably because one grocer in one town let them thaw too much or something.