What do they do with contaminated products?
By coffeebreak
@coffeebreak (17797)
United States
February 10, 2009 1:23pm CST
WIth this current Salmonella outbreak with the peanut butter, I watched as they recalled many things... it made me think - what do they DO with the contaminated products? Those peanut butter cracker packags and jars of peanut butter...how do they dispose of those products?
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@pergammano (7682)
• Canada
12 Feb 09
I think this is actually a fabulous topic for discussion...and I sure will be following it in hopes that some-one has a definitive answer!
I do know, that when we had a serious outbreak of "bird flu" here in the Lower Mainland of B.C., Canada....there was some 3 million birds culled and they were incinerated at some phenomenal temp...to destroy the virus...the temp was so high it left very minimal residue. I think PB would burn because of the peanut oil...but really a great question! Thanks!
@coffeebreak (17797)
• United States
12 Feb 09
Yeah, burning at high temp would be a solution. But peanut butter is full of oil..oil doesn't burn but ignites... or something like that. I wouldn't think they could burn it..
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@pergammano (7682)
• Canada
13 Feb 09
Oh, yes, my dear...oil does burn, in all of it's forms, and at the temps they use in these incinerators...3000+ degrees, the only thing that you see coming out of the stacks of the incinerators is heatwaves..no residue, no smoke! Cheers!
@coffeebreak (17797)
• United States
13 Feb 09
I didn't mean oil doesn't burn, guess I said that wrong...I know it burns and burns bad, but I would think that is what would make things burn to much..or something. But I guess at those high temps - not a whole lot would be left!
@grammpaula (121)
• United States
13 Feb 09
Intereting subject. I guess I've never really put much thought behind this. It would be huge undertaking to have to dispose of all the products that have been recalled. I hate wasting a spoonful of peanut butter. Think about how much food has been wasted because of this company's negligence.
@coffeebreak (17797)
• United States
13 Feb 09
I hadn't either until this time! KInd of also makes me wonder how they dispose of things like parts of the body, like take a tumor out and what do they do with it?
