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OMG!!! (As Seen On the INTERNET.....)

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1OMG!!!  (As Seen On the INTERNET.....) Empty OMG!!! (As Seen On the INTERNET.....) Sun Apr 09, 2017 5:47 pm

bethk

bethk
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I do shop at WalMart occasionally, but, THANK GOODNESS!, this is not something I purchase......

"Fresh Express recalled its Organic Marketside Spring Mix from Walmart stores in the Southeastern United States Saturday because a dead bat was found in a packaged salad in Florida.

As the U.S. Food & Drug Administration's recall chart notes, if there's the possibility of bat body parts, there's a "minimal risk of rabies contamination."

The CDC says it's working with the FDA and the Florida' Department of Health to investigate situation.

While Fresh Express' recall notice tiptoes around the batness - "Fresh Express was notified that extraneous animal matter was allegedly found in a single container of the salad" - the Centers for Disease Control indulges no such subtlety on its website:

"Two people in Florida reported eating some of the salad before the bat was found. The bat was sent to the CDC rabies lab for laboratory testing because bats in the United States sometimes have been found to have this disease. The deteriorated condition of the bat did not allow for CDC to definitively rule out whether this bat had rabies."

The CDC did say the risk of rabies transmission in this is very low, but not zero so the organization recommended the two eaters of the too-organic salad begin treatment as if they'd been exposed to rabies. Both report good health so far, according to the CDC.

As for the recalled product, it comes in a five-ounce, clear container. The Best By date is Apr. 14, 2017 with production code G089B19. Customers can toss it or return it to the Walmart of purchase. Those with any questions can call the Fresh Express Consumer Response Center 1-800-242-5472 from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Eastern Time.

These salads went to Walmart stores in Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia as well as Florida. But only Florida's managed to pull a bat out of the salad hat."

Crybaby

Crybaby

GAG!!!!!

bethk

bethk
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Icky, huh? Guess I should have planted some Spring Mix lettuces ~ just in case.

Crybaby

Crybaby

bethk wrote:Icky, huh?  Guess I should have planted some Spring Mix lettuces ~ just in case.

All of my lettuce from fall and winter is gone, though I'm still getting some from the arugula though it's not very good anymore. It grows super here in fall but only for a minute or two if I plant it in Spring...

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