Salmonella alert! Pot Pie recall

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Interestingly enough, a friend that I warned actually had one of these in his freezer! He tossed it when I told him.

Warning on Banquet Pot Pies

Due to Salmonella Investigation, Health Officials Tell Consumers Not to Eat Certain ConAgra Turkey or Chicken Pot Pies
By Miranda Hitti

WebMD Medical News
Reviewed by Louise Chang, MD

Oct. 10, 2007 -- Check your freezer for Banquet or generic store-brand turkey or chicken not-ready-to-eat pot pies with "P-9" printed on the side of the package.

If you have any those pot pie products, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) says to throw them out or don't eat them as health officials investigate a multi-state salmonella outbreak.

Salmonella bacteria can cause diarrhea, fever, and abdominal cramps. Most people recover within a week without treatment, but serious complications can occur. Infants, elders, and people with weak immune systems are more likely to become severely ill from salmonella.

The USDA, CDC, and state health officials are investigating at least 139 cases of salmonella in 30 states that were reported this year and that may be related to the pot pies. At least 20 people have been hospitalized in connection with the outbreak, according to the CDC.

ConAgra, the manufacturer of the pot pies, is cooperating with the investigation. The company reminds consumers to cook the pot pies thoroughly as instructed on the packages.

"The cooking instructions for these products are specifically designed to eliminate the presence of common pathogens found in many uncooked products," ConAgra states in a news release.

So far, health officials haven't proven that the pot pies caused the salmonella cases. But based on interviews comparing foods eaten by patients and people without salmonella, the CDC calls the pot pies "the likely source" of the illness.

It's not clear from the USDA's report whether the people who ate those pot pies and fell ill cooked the pot pies thoroughly. The Missouri plant where the pot pies were made has voluntarily halted its operations because of the reported illnesses.

For more information, including details on refunds for the pot pies, call ConAgra at [phone] or contact ConAgra online at www.conagrafoods.com/contactus.

Article reprinted from WebMD--http://www.webmd.com/food-recipes/Food-Poisoning/news/20071010/warning-on-banquet-pot-pies?ecd=wnl_nal_101007

SOURCES: News release, U.S. Department of Agriculture. CDC: "Salmonellosis." News release, CDC. News release, ConAgra.

[Ian David]

1. Thankfully, nobody actually eats pot pies.

They just warehouse them in the freezer next to the christmas fruitcake.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

3. Occassionally I have the guilty pleasure of the small Swanson ones. nt

[alphafemale]

8. Rarely eat them.

The sodium and fat content is off the charts.

And by rarely I mean once a year or so.

But it's an indulgence I relish every minute of.

[DS1]

11. indeed

I bought one a few months ago, after I popped it in the oven I looked on the back, so the sodium content and thought "shit"

It was something like 25000mg

[nebenaube]

2. God I miss the USDA INSPECTORS!

MORE TAX CUTS AT WORK!

[Javaman]

4. Pot comes in pies now????? nt

[tridim]

5. It's pretty amazing the salmonella survives pre-cooking and flash freezing.

And then another 40 minutes at 400 degrees.

Banquet is pretty much all cheap crap anyway. It's not worth buying even if it was salmonella free.

[k8conant]

6. We often eat Banquet. We're not rich.

[Ian David]

7. Frozen turkey dinner for two for $3.95. Hard to beat that. n/t

[tridim]

10. Until you look at the fat and sodium content..

You can buy real turkeys for $4.00 during thanksgiving. Now that's cheap! I can get about 10 meals out of one turkey. :)

[baldguy]

9. Theres more of this shit happening since Bush took power.

Poisoned food. Unsafe toys. China dumping shit on us that they wouldn't give to their dogs.

The neocons are turning America into a third world country.

[AlCzervik]

12. Everybody should read "Bushwhacked: Life in George W. Bush's America"

by Molly Ivins and Lou Dubose, they laid it all and sadly it's happened.