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[-] Skanky@lemmy.world 16 points 2 days ago

Ooof. TreeHouse foods is in a world of hurt. Listeria is incredibly hard to get rid of in a factory. It usually means shutting down the entire operation until everything is thoroughly steam -cleaned and sanitized. Then, an inspection team will go through the entire factory and swab everything with a q-tip. And I mean everything. Every little nook and cranny. If any of these samples comes back positive, the whole routine starts over again. It can take weeks.

I've known factories that literally choose to shut the entire plant down and build a new one rather than try to sanitize the one they had.

Listeria is no joke

[-] Alexstarfire@lemmy.world 16 points 2 days ago

Should I just stop buying food for the rest of the year? Just recall after recall.

[-] rockSlayer@lemmy.world 61 points 2 days ago

Jesus, how much of our food supply is tainted with listeria?

[-] Ledivin@lemmy.world 82 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

It turns out that lowering safety standards across the board isn't good for our health. Who could have possibly seen this coming? Why, oh why did we lower standards on these enormous corporations that fuel our entire lives?!?

Oh yeah, money 🤑 I've made like $12 from investing in their stock, so everything's fine.

[-] Yawweee877h444@lemmy.world 17 points 2 days ago

No safety standards. Need tax breaks. Billionaires bank accounts go brrrrrrr

[-] return2ozma@lemmy.world 37 points 2 days ago

When everything gets deregulated...

[-] FenrirIII@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago

Consider the groups most likely impacted by a compromised food safety standard and decreased regulation. The rich aren't out buying Walmart brand waffles.

[-] Alexstarfire@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago

Wasn't Whole Foods and Trader Joe's hit by the chicken one too?

[-] FenrirIII@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

Do you think Elon Musk or Bill Gates shops at either of those?

[-] Alexstarfire@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

Are those the only 2 rich people?

[-] cerement@slrpnk.net 8 points 2 days ago

the parts that are tainted with E.coli probably don’t have listeria …

[-] oakey66@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago
[-] Rekhyt@lemmy.world 14 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Eggo brand were not affected. Here's the list of store brands that are:

  • Aldi's (Breakfast Best brand)
  • Dollar General (Clover Valley brand)
  • Food Lion
  • Giant Eagle
  • Hannaford
  • Harris Teeter
  • H-E-B
  • PriceChopper (PICS brand)
  • Publix
  • Schnucks
  • Southeastern Grocers
  • Target (Good & Gather brand)
  • Tops
  • Walmart (Great Value brand)

Also these brands:

  • Foodhold
  • Kodiak Cakes (I've seen these at Stop & Shop)
  • Simple Truth
[-] seth@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

It's also a list of brand equivalents, which is a helpful tool for shopping. They're all made in the same place and just packaged differently, so comparing unit prices between different stores can give a basic idea of which stores tack on a lot more overhead than others.

[-] renrenPDX@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago

Simple Truth is a Kroger brand.

[-] Stalinwolf@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 days ago

Not going Eggo was their first mistake. In my experience, when it comes to frozen waffles, there is no room to fuck around.

[-] Pacattack57@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

Agreed 100%. There is no replacement for Eggos

[-] Scubus@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 days ago

I was wondering why the register told me not to sell those yesterday

[-] dditty@lemm.ee 25 points 2 days ago

FYI It's the vendor that target and Walmart use for their house brands, same with Aldi, not Eggo, for example

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 10 points 2 days ago

Okay, I'll let you have my Eggo after all.

[-] Rekhyt@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

As someone who recently bought Eggo waffles and was worriedly reading the article: you can keep your hands off my Eggo, it was store brand stuff that was affected.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

You have an Ayn Rand view of breakfast. Be altruistic with your Eggo.

[-] Rekhyt@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

I'm just trying to provide more information for people who, like me, may have thought that their family might have been at risk because I bought freezer waffles.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago
[-] Rekhyt@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

I was trying to nicely tell you I did not appreciate it.

[-] Chozo@fedia.io 13 points 2 days ago

I think at this point it's probably easier to just list which foods don't have listeria these days.

[-] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 2 days ago

Goddamn, is nothing safe?

[-] jordanlund@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago

WTF? Not even WAFFLES are safe now?

[-] Alexstarfire@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago

Nah, the blue ones are safe... ish.

[-] smokebuddy@lemmy.today 4 points 2 days ago

Are those only for eating at midnight?

[-] Vandals_handle@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago

What does one use as syrup on Narwhal waffles, ambergris?

[-] taxon@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

Eh, probably needed to cut back on monocalcium phosphate, sodium aluminium phosphate, and mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids anyhow.

[-] PugJesus@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

Fuck me, I just bought some blueberry waffles.

[-] lettruthout@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

Yeah, because of this I’ll lego my Eggos.

[-] ebits21@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 days ago

Eggos are fine. Do not leggo.

this post was submitted on 19 Oct 2024
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