Frozen food recall - Trader Joe's Safeway ...

[Opti]

Saw this looking at another link. FYI.

If you live in the United States and have bought frozen fruit or veggies from Trader Joe's in the last, oh, two years, you may want to pay attention to this one: a Washington-based frozen foods manufacturer has just recalled nearly 360 fruit and vegetable products sold in popular grocery stores nationwide, including Trader Joe’s and Safeway, due to potential contamination by listeria. This is a huge expansion of a much smaller recall that has been in effect since April.


The recall now applies to all products that the company, CRF Frozen Foods, has ever made going back to May 2014, with “sell by” dates from April 2016 to April 2018. So far eight people across three states have been hospitalized due to listeria.

www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2016/05/06/frozen_produce_recall_expanded.html

[Opti]

Looks like it also includes some Walmart and ACME frozen veggies.

crffrozenfoods.com/recall-press-release/

[chen35]

Costco sells the CRF line as well. I got a call from them because I had purchased their corn.

[billisonboard]

—including frozen organic sweet yellow corn, organic chopped kale, organic broccoli florets, organic wild strawberries, and organic sweet potatoes—

Oh good. It is healthy frozen food stuff that will kill you being recalled. I don't have to worry because I only eat the frozen food stuff which I already know will kill me.

[Opti]

May 6, 2016 14:37:22 GMT -5 billisonboard said:

—including frozen organic sweet yellow corn, organic chopped kale, organic broccoli florets, organic wild strawberries, and organic sweet potatoes—

Oh good. It is healthy frozen food stuff that will kill you being recalled. I don't have to worry because I only eat the frozen food stuff which I already know will kill me.

It does include more usual stuff like frozen peas and frozen corn. But no frozen pizzas.

[Wisconsin Beth]

Cold doesn't kill listeria. Heat over 165 degrees does, I think.

[billisonboard]

May 6, 2016 14:52:36 GMT -5 Wisconsin Beth said:

Cold doesn't kill listeria. Heat over 165 degrees does, I think.

So nuke it and I am safe?

[ArchietheDragon]

May 6, 2016 14:58:02 GMT -5 billisonboard said:

May 6, 2016 14:52:36 GMT -5 Wisconsin Beth said:

Cold doesn't kill listeria. Heat over 165 degrees does, I think.

So nuke it and I am safe?

Yup.   Make sure you always nuke your deli meats prior to eating, as well. 

[billisonboard]

May 6, 2016 15:02:52 GMT -5 ArchietheDragon said:

May 6, 2016 14:58:02 GMT -5 billisonboard said:

So nuke it and I am safe?

Yup.   Make sure you always nuke your deli meats prior to eating, as well. 

Deli meats? You mean like:


There it is finally finally maybe?

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May 6, 2016 14:07:49 GMT -5 chen35 said:

Costco sells the CRF line as well. I got a call from them because I had purchased their corn.

Yeah, that disappointed me because I trust Costco more than the other retailers to have high standards. We have some of their frozen veggies but none on the recall list.

[8 Bit WWBG]

For those of us that make smoothies, this is bad news!  I only have a few frozen fruit/veggie items (and the fruits are the only ones that don't get cooked).  I'll have to check.

[toomuchreality]

May 6, 2016 14:37:22 GMT -5 billisonboard said:

—including frozen organic sweet yellow corn, organic chopped kale, organic broccoli florets, organic wild strawberries, and organic sweet potatoes—

Oh good. It is healthy frozen food stuff that will kill you being recalled. I don't have to worry because I only eat the frozen food stuff which I already know will kill me.

(We must shop / eat similarly.  )
Whew! I'm safe.

 Thank goodness Rhodes microwave cinnamon rolls aren't on that list!    Hahaha

[973beachbum]

The massive recall of CRF Frozen-produced vegetables began last week when the company announced that 15 frozen vegetable products sold at Costco and Meijer may contain listeria.

CRF suspended operations at its Pasco facility following the initial voluntary recall, so a thorough review could be conducted.

Since then, CRF revised the initiative, recalling all frozen fruits and vegetables processed at its plant in Pasco, WA since May of 2014. That includes 358 different varieties of frozen fruits and veggies sold under 42 brand names at major retailers, including Walmart, Safeway, BJ’s, Costco, Aldi, and Meijer, in all 50 states.

consumerist.com/2016/05/06/massive-frozen-vegetable-recall-linked-to-2-deaths-8-illnesses/

Damn this is massive.  The Acme and Walmart look cleaned out now because of this.  I didn't look at the Aldi's but they probably are too since this company seemed to have produced their brand also.

I have lots of frozen veggies in my freezer.  I don't think any of them are part of this but it does make me think hard now.  I don't normally worry about cooking them much.  I just do a warm up and if the middle is still a cold I figure who cares. 

Now I actually have to boil the stuff.

[Opti]

I share your concerns Beach. I stir fry most of my veggies with meat and sometimes add them late so big pieces of Broccoli aren't always heated through. I guess now I'll try to add them right away to be safe.

[Anne_in_VA]

None of my veggies are on the list thank goodness.  This is really awful.

[weltschmerz]

ACME?

I thought that was just in Roadrunner cartoons.

It's a thing?