Pizza Recall

So there’s a large pizza recall going on. The pizza recall conerns the brands Totino’s and Jeno’s, both manufactured by General Mills.

The reason is that the peperoni on the frozen pizzas might be contaminated with e. coli. 21 people have so far been reported as becoming ill from consuming the products.

General Mills has announced a recall on two popular frozen pizza products.

Totino’s and Jeno’s frozen pizzas with
pepperoni toppings are being recalled because the company says the
pepperoni could be contaminated with E-Coli.

The recall affects approximately 414,000 products currently on store shelves.

21 people in ten states have already come ill.

Anyone with the affected pizzas should
remove the UPC (bar code) label from each box before throwing them away
and contact General Mills for replacement.

A full listing of the products involved in the pizza recall can be found here:

General Mills Operations has recalled the following products:

  • 10.2-ounce packages of Totino’s The Original Crisp Crust Party Pizza Pepperoni
  • 10.2-ounce packages of Totino’s The Original Crisp Crust Party Pizza, Classic Pepperoni
  • 10.2-ounce packages of Totino’s The Original Crisp Crust Party Pizza, Pepperoni Trio
  • 10.7-ounce packages of Totino’s The Original Crisp Crust Party Pizza, Combination Sausage & Pepperoni Pizza

  • 10.5-ounce packages of Totino’s The Original Crisp Crust Party Pizza,
    Three Meat Sausage, Canadian Style Bacon & Pepperoni Pizza

  • 10.9-ounce packages of Totino’s The Original Crisp Crust Party Pizza,
    Supreme Sausage & Pepperoni Pizza with Green Peppers & Onions
  • 6.8-ounce packages of Jeno’s Crisp `N Tasty Pizza, Pepperoni
  • 7.0-ounce packages of Jeno’s Crisp `N Tasty Pizza, Combination Sausage and Pepperoni Pizza
  • 7.2-ounce packages of Jeno’s Crisp `N Tasty Pizza, Supreme Sausage and Pepperoni with Green Peppers and Onion Pizza

    Consumers
    should also look for packages with the label “EST 7750” inside the USDA
    mark of inspection and with a best if used by date of April 2, 2008, a
    press release said.

    An investigation by the Tennessee Department
    of Health and the Centers for Disease Control discovered 21 illnesses
    linked to the product including one in Wisconsin. All patients
    recovered.

  • One question though. How is anyone going to be able to blame this on China?

    One response

    1. Sigh. It’s really quite simple, Tim: The melamine-infused wheat gluten used in the crusts of these pizzas, specifically when enclosed in a box covered with red and green lead-based paint, has been scientifically proven to be the ideal breeding ground for Escherichia coli (which is, in fact, Mandarin for “Taiwan is ours, Biotches”).

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