FDA: Moldy applesauce repackaged by school lunch supplier

[Playinghardball]

Source: MSN

A Washington state fruit processor that supplies the nation’s schools and a baby food maker is under scrutiny by federal health regulators for repackaging applesauce contaminated with several kinds of potentially dangerous, multi-colored molds, msnbc.com has learned.

Food and Drug Administration officials this week posted a warning letter to Snokist Growers of Yakima, Wash., saying the company cannot ensure the safety of moldy applesauce and fruit puree that has been reconditioned for human consumption.

“Your firm reprocesses moldy applesauce product … using a method that is not effective against all toxic metabolites,” read the FDA letter sent Oct. 20 to Jimmie L. Davis, Snokist’s president. “Several foodborne molds may be hazardous to human health.”

Products recalled earlier this year by Snokist were blamed for illnesses of nine North Carolina children who became sick after eating applesauce at school.


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[Poll_Blind]

1. "Reconditioned for human consumption" This is our kids, folks.

Nobody's going to stop this madness unless we do. If corporations are people, this one needs to spend a long time in jail.

PB

[Liberal Veteran]

2. Under the Cain plan, would this be an example of "used food"?

:shrug:

[totodeinhere]

16. It reminds me of the pizza he used to sell. n/t

[abelenkpe]

3. Note to self: Always pack lunches for the kiddos....

Really, republicans want to deregulate further? Corps can regulate themselves? Don't need pesky government agencies?

They must not have any kids. Or if they do, care about them....

[nineteen50]

4. Is this another example of business regulating itself?

[Dont call me Shirley]

5. They must be a supplier to Sodexo, the company which has taken over lunchrooms.

[madrchsod]

6. 1906---2011 The Jungle has returned

[izquierdista]

7. Maybe they should have stuck to blue cheese

[valerief]

8. Note to self: NEVER buy packaged applesauce. nt

[gkhouston]

11. We never do. The commercial stuff is too sweet, and it's not hard to make at home. n/t

[pmorlan1]

9. GREED

This is just pure greed. They don't care what they do to people as long as they make money. It's sickening.

[Blandocyte]

10. Damn government intrusions!

Let the invisible hand of the market decide if it wants moldy applesauce! :sarcasm:

[HereSince1628]

18. The possibilities for recalled hamburger are HUGH1!11 n/t

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[defendandprotect]

13. Ain't capitalism grand -- !!! YIKES!!

[WestSeattle2]

14. This company needs to be closed down. Either by the

government or by consumer boycott.

[DeSwiss]

15. Mmmm, mmmm, good. Yummy PROFITS!

1. Sell schools and baby food companies moldy applesauce.
2. Forced to take back the moldy applesauce from the schools and baby good companies.
3. Repackage and resell moldy applesauce to schools and baby food companies.
4. Profit!



- My question is: ''Is this the first time they've done this, or just the first time they got caught???

K&R

[HereSince1628]

17. If you haven't noticed, China is a huge success, we MUST emulate them!

Now, if Snokist could just break into the Nursing Home Market, there would be all kinds of possibilities for America!

:sarcasm:

[panzerfaust]

19. AH, the Invisible Hand ... once more caught in the cookie jar.

And this only ONE reason why we need government. You might want to read this, which sparked safe food laws in the US
{
{President Theodore} Roosevelt sent his own agents to Chicago to investigate whether meat packing was as bad as Sinclair described. The conditions were actually a hundred times worse, the agents reported back.

The president invited Sinclair to the White House and solicited his advice on how to make inspections safer. By June 30, Congress had passed the Pure Food and Drug Act, cracking down on unsafe food and patent medicines, and the Meat Inspection Act. To this day, our hamburgers, chicken patties and other meats are safeguarded by the same law.
} http://www.capitalcentury.com/1906.html

Sadly for Sinclair, and for the country, the actual message of the book - the ceaseless terror, the unending repression of unbridled capitalism - was lost "I aimed at the public's heart, and by accident I hit it in the stomach."

[bread_and_roses]

20. Capitalism at its finest (n/t)