Mushroom Recall

[Homer]

Pa. farm recalling enoki mushrooms

The Associated Press

KENNETT SQUARE, Pa. - A southeastern Pennsylvania mushroom farm is recalling packages of enoki mushrooms because they may be contaminated with a bacteria that can cause a potentially fatal illness.

Phillips Mushroom Farm of Kennett Square, Pa., said in a statement Sunday the enoki mushrooms have been distributed in the United States and Canada through retail and food service channels. They were packaged under various brand names and sold between Jan. 13 and 30.

The company says the mushrooms were packed in clear plastic bags with blue, green or red graphics panels, plastic tills wrapped with ilm or one pound bags for food service.

Phillips officials say the mushrooms may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, which can cause listeriosis, an uncommon but potentially fatal disease that is most dangerous to people with weakened immune systems, such as infants, the elderly and people with HIV.

[who me?]

     I'm afraid to eat anything anymore.

[CindyLouWho]

Thanks Homer

I'm with you Who me....always something thats contaminated anymore

[harley89]

Well i always loved living on the edge I just never thought eating would be part of it

[disneyland lady]

I can't afford enoki mushrooms but do buy average fresh mushrooms when the costs are low. I do wonder how anyone survived before they had any quality control testing for anything. No wonder the lifespan of a human has gotten longer.

[Squid]

Is it me or has the processing of food and the inspection of food gone completely downhill?  Between E. Coli, Salmonella, bad mushrooms making it to market, etc., it's a wonder we all haven't died of the plague by now.  These
things did not happen years ago.  Where's the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture??!!

And as far as that Peanut company is concerned.... sending out peanut products when they knew fully well that those products were contaminated with salmonella....  GREED....  they should be imprisoned.

[Tara]

The kind of mushrooms I like don't come in a bag.

[Stinkerbell]

No surprise as far as I'm concerned.

[FreecellFanny]

The kind of mushrooms I like don't come in a bag.

My favourites come baked in a hunk of chocolate. 

[disneyland lady]

Why do I feel like I am in the parking lot just before a Grateful Dead concert?

[jarjar]

Why do I feel like I am in the parking lot just before a Grateful Dead concert?

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