WASHINGTON D.C.: General Mills Pizza? Make mine Plain, hold the Pepperoni - (Lawyers and Settlements)
November 23, 2007 – 10:54 pmWashington, DC — Since the Totino’s and Jeno’s pizza E. coli outbreak began around mid-July of 2007, General Mills has distributed about 120 million potentially contaminated pizzas to retailers throughout the country. As of November 2nd, General Mills recalled about half a million cases of Jeno’s and Totino’s pizza because pepperoni on its pizzas is likely contaminated with E. coli.
General Mills has said the pepperoni came from a separate supplier and was not produced at the Ohio plant where the pizzas were made. But the company has still declined to release the name of the pepperoni distributor. Meanwhile, other food companies could be purchasing pepperoni from this same source. Suppose that General Mills isn’t the only purchaser of this particular pepperoni. Do other food manufacturers and distributors know this pepperoni is contaminated with E. coli? What’s the big secret? Why doesn’t the government intervene and tell General Mills to come […]
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