Oh, NO!! Pistachios Recalled Due to Salmonella Scare!!
By anniepa
@anniepa (27955)
United States
March 31, 2009 5:49pm CST
I can't believe it, just when I find some absolutely YUMMY pistachio ice cream - Blue Bunny Pistachio Almond to be exact - I wake up to hear that pistachios have been recalled due to a salmonella scare!
http://abclocal.go.com/kfsn/story?section=news/consumer/recalls&id=6735630
The one bright spot is that the FDA didn't say we should throw away any pistachios or pistachio flavored products we have, but to hold onto them and just not eat them for a few days, when they're hopeful to have more information on the affected brands. The article I linked to ends with these words:
"The FDA warning is a precaution. There have been no verifiable reports of illness as the result of the possible contamination."
I've already eating several servings of the ice cream I purchased at Wal-Mart a few days ago and I'm still here. It's going to kill me to avoid eating anymore until I get the OK! What would you do?
Annie
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@ZephyrSun (7381)
• United States
1 Apr 09
Isn't it crap that everything is being recalled all the time! UGH pretty soon we will not be able to drink the water. My ORGANIC cookies were recalled, now how could they be organic if the peanut supplier wasn't even approved to be a peanut supplier? That will teach me LOL
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@pyewacket (43903)
• United States
1 Apr 09
I'm beginning to think we ARE going to have to grow everything ourselves to insure we're eating safe foods.
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@ZephyrSun (7381)
• United States
1 Apr 09
I don't think nuts do well in this part of Ohio, but now that I have ducks in about 5 months I won't have to buy eggs. My garden goes in about 2 weeks from now so what do you think, I need a cow and pig? LOL
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@ElusiveButterfly (45941)
• United States
31 Mar 09
Uggh! I almost bought a bag of pistachios a few days ago. Glad that I didn't waste my money. What will be next? Hopefully this won't turn into the peanut butter scare we recently had.
@pyewacket (43903)
• United States
1 Apr 09
I almost did the same thing when I went grocery shopping and was all set to buy a bag of pistachios also....now glad I didn't...uh, just in case. None of the stores seem to be pulling them off their shelfs though. I went into a store just today and all their bags of pistachios were still up...like huh?
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@pyewacket (43903)
• United States
31 Mar 09
LOL..I beat ya to this story by 18 hours...heehee...my hearing of it, is that ALL products with pistachios shouldn't be eaten and that would include cake mixes, cookies, candies as there's something like 2 million pounds worth of pistachios that might be contaminated.
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@anniepa (27955)
• United States
1 Apr 09
I'm sorry, Pye, I didn't see your post about this or I wouldn't have started it! I'm still catching up from being away, so will you forgive me? Anyway, what do you think? Should I TRY to resist eating any more of my ice cream until I get the go-ahead?
Annie
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@pyewacket (43903)
• United States
1 Apr 09
Heehee---do you know I'm still hesitant about eating anything with peanuts, or I haven't even gotten tomatoes in ages. From what I read anything with pistachios in it should be considered at risk...yup, even ice cream
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