Fri Jan 18, 10:07 PM ET
Canned beans recalled on botulism risk: FDA
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New Era Canning Co is expanding a recall of canned green beans and garbanzo beans because of potential botulism contamination, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Friday.
The FDA said the beans might be contaminated with Clostridium botulinum, which can cause botulism, a serious and sometimes life-threatening condition.
The affected cans are large institutional-sized containers, weighing approximately six and a half pounds, the FDA said.
"To date, no illnesses have been reported to the FDA; however, consumers should not consume these products, even if they appear to be normal," the agency said in a statement.
New Era distributed the beans nationwide over the last five years.
The cans and contents should be thrown away carefully, as even tiny amounts of the C. botulinum toxin can cause serious illness, the FDA said.
Michigan-based New Era made the recall voluntarily in the interest of public health, the agency said.
(Reporting by Kevin Drawbaugh)
It sounds like you should not eat these products in a restaurant setting. The products that we would use at home, small cans, have not been recalled. So use caution in restaurants.
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Canned beans recalled on botulism risk: FDA
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New Era Canning Co is expanding a recall of canned green beans and garbanzo beans because of potential botulism contamination, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Friday.
The FDA said the beans might be contaminated with Clostridium botulinum, which can cause botulism, a serious and sometimes life-threatening condition.
The affected cans are large institutional-sized containers, weighing approximately six and a half pounds, the FDA said.
"To date, no illnesses have been reported to the FDA; however, consumers should not consume these products, even if they appear to be normal," the agency said in a statement.
New Era distributed the beans nationwide over the last five years.
The cans and contents should be thrown away carefully, as even tiny amounts of the C. botulinum toxin can cause serious illness, the FDA said.
Michigan-based New Era made the recall voluntarily in the interest of public health, the agency said.
(Reporting by Kevin Drawbaugh)
It sounds like you should not eat these products in a restaurant setting. The products that we would use at home, small cans, have not been recalled. So use caution in restaurants.
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Have you noticed that most corporate media outlets are constantly talking about the power of the Hispanic vote? And that Hispanic political power is usurping that of the African American community.Well what they don't tell you is that even though so-called Hispanics out number African Americans, Hispanics are much less likely to vote than African Americans. Also a very large percentage of Hispanics cannot vote, since they are not legal citizens.
So in actuality African American voters out number Hispanic voters nationally.
The media once again is trying to play African Americans and Hispanics against each other. I hope we don't fall for it.
Do you think Hispanics and African Americans can be political allies?
