250 Cartons Of Lettuce Missing

[OhioChick]

7 Western States Are Searched, In Recall Because Of E.Coli Caution
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 10, 2006

(AP) The company that recalled its lettuce after irrigation water tested positive for E. coli is scrambling to locate 250 remaining cartons of the greens, which could be in any of seven Western states.

Nunes Co. Inc. issued the voluntary recall Sunday of more than 8,500 cartons of green leaf lettuce grown on one farm in the Salinas Valley, the lush growing region at the center of a nationwide outbreak of spinach-borne E. coli that killed three people and made 199 others sick.

By Monday morning, all but 250 cartons of the lettuce distributed under the Foxy brand between Oct. 3 and Oct. 6 had been located and were being destroyed, company President Tom Nunes said. The search continued for the remaining cartons, which Nunes said were believed to be in supermarkets or restaurants in Arizona, California, Nevada, Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Montana.

"If we can get it all back, I'll be a happy camper," Nunes said, emphasizing that the recall was a precaution taken once the company realized there was bacteria in the irrigation water used on the farm.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/10/09/health/main2073190.shtml

Check your lettuce at home!

[zbdent]

1. Oh, great ... more WADs

Weapons of Ass Destruction ...

Next thing you know, we're going to be attacked by Iranian lettuce terrorists ...

[saigon68]

15. Can you Smoke it?

[Ian David]

2. I think I found one...

[sam sarrha]

3. E-Coli found was from Feed Lot Cattle... runoff from lot, probably one of

the Fascist Bills Passed to allow feed lot ranchers to do something deadly and nefarious to cheaply dump their BullShit.

who cares if it crashes the economy of California.. some Repuke cattle farmer saved a couple dollars.

[aquart]

4. The Republicans can't even keep our lettuce safe.

They can't keep our spinach safe.

They can't keep our hamburger safe.

They can't keep our soldiers safe.

And we trust them to keep us safe?

[hang a left]

5. you funny lol

[fed-up]

9. They can't keep our kids (pages) safe. n/t

[Mnemosyne]

16. Hear, hear aquart - excellent point! n/t

[pinerow]

6. Danm...I got it wrong...I thought this thread said..."Cartoons of

Lettuce Missing"...I thought Bugs was changing his favorite veggie...

[trof]

7. Shipped to Iraq to be "discovered".

"BUSH ADMIN VINDICATED!
Bio-weapon Cache Found In Desert Near Tikrit."
:rofl:
I crack myself up.

[MissB]

8. Just over a week ago, I went to the store to buy lettuce.

The lettuce was organic, but the tag didn't indicate its origin, so I asked. It came from Salinas Valley. Funny, I opted instead for the locally grown organic spinach.

Now I shop for fresh produce at either the farmers market on Wednesday and Saturday, or at New Seasons, where they state where the produce is grown. I will only buy local, which means I likely won't be having many more salads before spring.

[KansDem]

10. OK, I'll bite...how many heads of lettuce in a "carton?"

For those of us who are agri-lingo challenged...

I did find this:

PACKAGING

All packaging is done before vacuum cooling. Iceberg or head lettuce may be closely trimmed and wrapped in film. Polyethylene films are most common but new PVC films maintain freshness longer. PVC films are also easier to wrap and result in a neater wrapping.


Iceberg lettuce: commonly packaged in 43 to 48-lb, 24-count, cartons.
Boston lettuce: commonly packaged in 20-lb cartons.
Romaine lettuce: commonly packaged in 24-count cartons.
Leaf lettuce: commonly packaged in 20 to 25-lb or 24-count cartons.
Bibb lettuce: commonly packaged in 10-lb cartons.
Greenhouse lettuce: commonly packaged in 10-lb cartons.

http://oregonstate.edu/dept/NWREC/lettuce.html

But I wish the "professional journalists" would do their job! :grr:

[SoCalDem]

11. Um.. I may be wrong, but wouldn't lettuce that OLD

be already eaten or tossed in the trash?? Lettuce does not last that long in MY household..:shrug:

[Ex Lion Tamer]

12. You've obviously not been to my local Kroger.

[DrZeeLit]

13. Some rabbits are really (a) hungry (b) pissed or (3) ahead in the polls..

made me laugh

[Akoto]

14. Snapshot of the lettuce terrorist:

:evilgrin: