R.I. company recalling 1.2 millions pounds of salami

[depakid]

Source: AP

A Rhode Island meat company recalled 1.24 million pounds of pepper-coated salami on Saturday, after officials conducting a months-long, multistate investigation of a salmonella outbreak compared shopping receipts of those who got sick. The recall by Daniele International Inc. comes amid an outbreak that's sickened 184 people in 38 states since July.

Daniele has been identified as the source of the ongoing outbreak by William Keene, a senior epidemiologist at the public health division in Oregon, where eight people have gotten sick. Keene said Saturday that the cause of the sickness was difficult to track and some questions remain, such as whether it was the meat or the pepper that was contaminated.

Daniele spokesman Jason Maloni said "there's no evidence that points to us" as the source. Maloni said 11 people who got sick ate salami from the Daniele Italian Brand Gourmet Pack, but that Rhode Island and federal officials have not linked the company's products with the outbreak.

"We're taking the prudent step in the event that further evidence does point to us," he said of the recall. "It is our responsibility to take this aggressive step." The company has set up a hot line for consumers or distributors at [phone].

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[endless october]

1. safe and clearly marked irradiated food is the solution.

eliminate food poisoning in one easy step.

[Jamastiene]

2. As much as I love salami in subs and sandwiches, I'm surprised I didn't get sick.

:wow:

[provis99]

3. how the heck can you get salmonella from salami?

that stuff is made to be hung in the open air all summer. Hence "summer sausage". someone really screwed up at the factory.

[mr clean]

4. Bush's deregulation strikes again.

:mad:

[slampoet]

5. Once again people pay for Rhode Island's culture of corruption.

Look for a friday news dump story about the food inspectors on the take who allowed this to happen.


For those of you who don't remember, 100 people died in a nightclub fire in 2003 because the fire inspector in West Warwick were on the take. None of them went to jail.

[depakid]

6. Not just Rhode Island

Remember Peanut Corp? There's mountains of evidence that executives knowingly sold contaminated products to companies all over the country- and even operated an unlicensed plant in Texas.

Has the Justice Department prosecuted even one of these criminals yet? Nope. Despite the fact that they killed people.

Instead, they've simply bankrupted the company, hiding behind the corporate veil so that victims and businesses harmed can't even be compensated for their injuries.