Posted by
Frigglesnitz on Friday, February 08, 2008 8:15:32 PM
The FDA is good enough to make available information regarding drug and food recalls, warnings, etc., to anyone brave enough to ask for it. The FDA Internet publication received by me is the FDA Weekly Digest. This week one of the warnings is for food contaminated with botulism. While it appears that most of the canned goods are of "industrial" size (6 to 8 pounds, etc.), which most households would not have an interest in purchasing, nevertheless members of households do eat at restaurants, where such can sizes may be purchased frequently.
In many instances the food described by the FDA in its Digests originates in China or Mexico or some other foreign country. It appears that in this instance the food is being canned right here in the U.S.A.
There are other warnings in this current Digest -- botox for one.
It would seem to be an excellent idea for anyone interested in learning about drug and food recalls and warnings, etc., to find the FDA Web site, where it is quite simple to sign up for its FDA Weekly Digest.
The Consumer Products Safety Commission has similar, but more frequent, notices concerning product recalls.
When signing up to receive these notices, one must remember that it may become necessary to be steeled against the barrage of notices relating to products from China.
The link below will take you to a link that was inserted in the FDA Weekly Digest; there were three or four links in total.
Let's go out to dinner!
http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/NEWS/2008/NEW01795.html