Posted on Tuesday 24 July 2007
Reuters reports that the FDA has expanded its recall of canned meat products made at a Georgia Castleberry’s Food Company plant. The food products may contain botulism toxin. Four people have been hospitalized so far.
A recall of canned meat products and dog food made at a Georgia plant due to botulism fears could involve tens of millions of cans that pose an urgent public health threat, U.S. officials said on Monday.
U.S. food regulators appealed to consumers and retailers to find and dispose of the cans.
Two people in Texas and two others in Indiana remain seriously ill and hospitalized with botulism poisoning associated with eating Castleberry’s Hot Dog Chili Sauce, officials said.
“This is a very big recall,” David Elder of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s office of regulatory affairs told reporters, deeming it an “urgent public health matter.”
“These products can hurt people. And they have to be off the store shelves. And consumers have to discard any that they have at home,” Elder added.
U.S. officials said an outbreak of botulism due to a commercially canned food is extremely rare and has not occurred in the United States in more than three decades.
Some Natural Balance Eatables dog food varieties are also in the recall. You can see a list of products here in an FDA release.
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