TEXAS: Some shoppers unconcerned about sausage recall - (Rio Grand Valley Monitor)
November 18, 2007 – 8:17 pmMcAllen Several different kinds of frozen smoked sausage rolls have, according to this story, vanished from H.E.B. shelves as part of a precautionary recall.
On Friday, Double B Foods Inc. ordered a 12-state recall of kolaches, a pastry-wrapped sausage, amid concern they may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.
No customers reported illnesses due to the sausages, but Double B had reason to suspect contamination of up to 98,000 pounds of sausage meat, according to a statement from the company, whose prepared foods division is based in Meridian, Texas.
The recall affects grocery chains from New York to the Rio Grande Valley. On Saturday, many local H.E.B. shoppers knew little of the recall. But some said they trust food inspectors to keep them safe.
Gloria Ramirez, who often shops at the H.E.B. at the intersection of North 10th Street and Trenton Road, was quoted as saying, “I trust the stores. Ive never gotten sick […]
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