June 19, 2010

What happens to 15,000,000 pounds of recalled "SpaghettiOs with Meatballs"?

WASHINGTON, June 17, 2010 - Campbell Soup is recalling approximately 15,000,000 pounds of "SpaghettiOs with Meatballs" canned products due to possible under-processing, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today.


According to the USDA (U.S. Department of Agriculture) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) website:

The problem was discovered through a routine warehouse inspection by the company and its subsequent investigation. FSIS has received no reports of illnesses from consumption of these products.

Ummm...okay...so what happens to the 15,000,000 pounds of canned SpaghettiO's with Meatballs. 

FSIS routinely conducts recall effectiveness checks to verify recalling firms notify their customers of the recall and that steps are taken to make certain that the product is no longer available to consumers.

Consumer questions regarding the recall should be directed to Campbell's Hotline at (866) 495-3774; media inquiries should be directed to the company's Director of Corporate Communications, Anthony Sanzio at (856) 968-4390.

Consumers with food safety questions can "Ask Karen," the FSIS virtual representative available 24 hours a day at AskKaren.gov. The toll-free USDA Meat and Poultry Hotline 1-888-MPHotline (1-888-674-6854) is available in English and Spanish and can be reached from l0 a.m. to 4 p.m. (Eastern Time) Monday through Friday. Recorded food safety messages are available 24 hours a day.

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Uh-Oh! What happens to all the recalled SpaghettiOs?

Anonymous said...

Would love to see a news team secretly follow one of the 30,000 returned cases. Think they change the label and feed it to the armed services?

Harry said...

There's a British company that is looking to plug up a huge hole in the gulf.

Anonymous said...

As I said before: dog food. Yes, little fido with his wheat allergy might be consuming food that was unfit for humans.

And remember, even though it is a level I health hazard to the population, there were no reported illnesses.

Remember that really bad case of diarrhea your toddler had after lunch last year?

Anonymous said...

Is it me or was some of this stuff manufactured in 2008 and it takes two years to figure out there's a problem.