Listeria concerns spark HY-Vee recall of pasta salad

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP

WEST DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- Hy-Vee Inc. says it is recalling Hy-Vee Summer Fresh Pasta because of a potential listeria contamination.

The West Des Moines-based grocer said Tuesday that the company has learned that frozen vegetables in the salad could be contaminated with the bacterium Listeria monocytogenes.

The company sold the salad from April 9 to April 27. Hy-Vee has pulled the salad from stores in Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska and South Dakota.

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[jmowreader]

1. I wonder if it's eggs?

Both mayo (used in pasta salad) and ice cream contain eggs. Food factories don't buy shell eggs - they don't want to take the time to crack the eggs or deal with the shell trash. They buy "liquid eggs," which have to come from SOMEWHERE.

Is it possible that the liquid egg company had a problem with its pasteurization process, and shipped a batch of listeria-infested eggs?

[Aerows]

2. Interesting hypothesis

So far, most things have been connected with egg products (Ice Cream, etc.)

[Fantastic Anarchist]

3. Doesn't everyone want to have fresh breath?

I'll show myself out.