Wednesday, February 4, 2009

Costco, Kashi & Salmonella Typhimurium

A safe food supply is an essential part of our healthcare system. Salmonella typhimurium must not be in our food because it can cause sickness, and even death.

After reviewing the US government CDC site, in my pantry I found a box of Kashi chewy bars purchased from Costco, some with with the product codes listed in the recall notice and some which were OK. By clicking the widget below, you can go to the CDC site yourself and do your own check for various food manufacturers' and distributors' products. Quick tip - look for the product bar code on the package you have and then check that against manufacturers' or distributors' recall notices. Discard or return a listed recalled product, as I will do today when the box of Kashi bars goes back to Costco.

The CDC site has a more extensive recall list than your local newspaper is likely to have.

FDA Salmonella Typhimurium Outbreak 2009. Flash Player 9 is required.

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