FDA Recall: CAREFUL WITH HUMMUS--CA, AK, AZ, WA OR NV
Quong Hop & Co. Recalls Raquel's Products (Because Of Potential Health Risk)Contact: Quong Hop & Co 650-553-9900
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE -- July 22, 2010 - South San Francisco, CA - Quong Hop & Co. of South San Francisco, California is voluntarily recalling all "Raquel's" hummus, salads, wraps, sandwiches, and other food items, because they have the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems. Although healthy individuals may suffer only short-term symptoms such as high fever, severe headache, stiffness, nausea, abdominal pain and diarrhea, Listeria infection can cause miscarriages and stillbirths among pregnant women.
"Raquel's" brand products are being voluntarily recalled because Listeria monocytogenes was found in our manufacturing plant. In addition, soy lecithin, an allergen, was used in the production of hummus and is not declared on the label.
The recalled products include "Raquel's" brand salads, sandwiches, wraps, hummus, burritos, and stuffed grape leaves. Raquel's Hummus products are dated September 23, 2010 and prior, and Raquel's salads, wraps, sandwiches, and other items are dated August 3, 2010 and prior. "Raquel's" brand products are packaged with multiple ingredients and in a variety of sizes. "Raquel's" is distributed to supermarkets and natural food stores on the West Coast and Midwest including the states: CA, AK, AZ, WA, OR, NV.
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http://www.fda.gov/Safety/Recalls/ucm220173.htm
Dear Ones:
Hummus is a good 'summertime food item' which is healthy, fun and easy to eat. Prepared properly, it can be somewhat 'low cal' and it is loaded with protein. HOWEVER, like all 'protein foods', it is more than prone to contamination with food-borne pathogens...in this case with Listeria monocytogenes.
My advice to those of you who use this/these brands of Hummus: wait a while before you buy and eat these brands again. The FDA and companies and processors involved are in the process of cleaning their facilities and trying to determine the exact source of this Listeria contamination. With diligence and a bit of 'luck', soon things will be back to normal and hopefully this will all be resolved.
As always, I urge you to read FDA recall notices, letters and press releases very carefully. When it comes to the well-being of you and your loved ones, you cannot be careful enough! I've highlighted in yellow two phrases that are easily missed. While it looks like a sentence is 'repeated twice', actually in FDA 'parlance', a delineation is made regarding what's expected to be found and what has been found.
You and only you can make the judgement of what you're willing to eat and take a risk on. In the old days, you could trust the 'five second rule' and you could eat certain things a bit past their prime. Why? The pathogens of old were not quite as virulent and downright dangerous as the 2010 versions are.
Anyway, do sign up for my FREE HEALTH NEWSLETTER for breaking news on FDA and other government agency recalls. I don't cover ALL recalls in this FREE NEWSLETTER, but I do the major ones. Just email me at BarbaraKSexton@aol.com if you'd like to receive my FREE NEWSLETTER. (Taking yourself off my 'list' is as easy as sending me an email with 'NO' in the subject heading, no worries.)
I pray that you and yours have a 'safe and happy summer', foodwise, especially. There is 'tampering of our food supply afoot', no doubt, but natural vectors are also in play this time of the year, especially, so do be careful.
For you in Christ,
Reverend Barbara Sexton
"The Biblical Biochemist-Where Science Meets the Cross"
http://www.dearoneshealingministry.blogspot.com/
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