Thread: Oh, Ick!

"Janet Bostwick" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]..
>
> FDA: Moldy applesauce repackaged by school lunch supplier
>
> USDA
>
> Applesauce produced by Snokist Growers of Yakima, Wash., was recalled
> from the nation's schools earlier this year. Now, FDA officials say
> the company cannot ensure the safety of moldy applesauce reprocessed
> and packed in units such as this 106-ounce can.
>
> By JoNel Aleccia
>
> A Washington state fruit processor that supplies the nation's schools
> and a baby food maker is under scrutiny by federal health regulators
> for repackaging applesauce contaminated with several kinds of
> potentially dangerous, multi-colored molds, msnbc.com has learned.
>
> Food and Drug Administration officials this week posted a warning
> letter to Snokist Growers of Yakima, Wash., saying the company cannot
> ensure the safety of moldy applesauce and fruit puree that has been
> reconditioned for human consumption.
>
> "Your firm reprocesses moldy applesauce product . using a method that
> is not effective against all toxic metabolites," read the FDA letter
> sent Oct. 20 to Jimmie L. Davis, Snokist's president. "Several
> foodborne molds may be hazardous to human health."
>
> Products recalled earlier this year by Snokist were blamed for
> illnesses of nine North Carolina children who became sick after eating
> applesauce at school.
>
> The latest warning came after FDA officials said Snokist failed to
> adequately address problems identified during a June inspection in
> which regulators found large, laminated bags of fruit products that
> were supposed to be sealed and sterile, but instead were broken open
> and tainted with white, brown, blue, blue-green and black mold. Some
> of the compromised bags were bloated and one had "a strong fermented
> odor," the report said.
>
> The FDA's letter identified at least eight instances last year in
> which Snokist had reprocessed the moldy applesauce into canned goods
> for human consumption. The inspection report said Snokist documents
> showed the company had reprocessed mold-contaminated applesauce at
> least 13 times between January 2008 and May 2011, repackaging food
> into 15-ounce cans, 106-ounce-cans, 300-gallon bags and 4.2-ounce,
> single-serve cups.
>
> It's not clear whether the mold-tainted applesauce went to schools.
> However, the June inspection followed a voluntary recall of more than
> 3,300 cases of canned Snokist applesauce in May after North Carolina
> schoolchildren became mildly ill after eating the fruit product. The
> recall was blamed on faulty seals on cans. The children have since
> recovered.
>
> Snokist officials admit that they "rework" some moldy food for
> future use. But in an e-mail to msnbc.com, company officials said that
> the contaminated fruit represents only a fraction of the company's
> products, that compromised product is typically separated and
> destroyed, and that any reprocessed food is heat-treated to kill
> toxins.
>
> "If rework occurs, our thermal process is more than adequate to render
> the product commercially sterile," Tina Moss, a company spokeswoman,
> wrote in an e-mail.
>
> The company said it has begun testing for patulin, a common toxin
> produced by mold in rotting fruit.
>
> However, the FDA said the company's tests are not adequate and that
> officials must prove they're testing for other dangerous microbes:
> "Most mycotoxins are stable compounds that are not destroyed by heat
> treatment," the letter said.
>
> FDA regulations to allow companies to "recondition" food, but the
> final product must be free of contamination. Firms aren't required to
> notify the agency they've reprocessed food unless they're required to
> under terms of an inspection or other action, such as an injunction.
> In addition, rules prohibit mixing contaminated product with sound
> product to get to acceptable levels of filth, said Pat El-Hinnawy, an
> FDA spokeswoman.
>
> A 2009 consultant's report showed that the types of molds in the
> Snokist fruit products included Alternaria, Fusarium and two types of
> Pennicillium, all of which can cause illness in people.
>
> That report was commissioned by Snokist after a baby-food manufacturer
> returned dozens of bags of the company's fruit product in 2009 because
> they were contaminated with "a large amount of mold," according to the
> FDA inspection report.
>
> In early 2010, the consultant recommended six steps that Snokist could
> take to fix the problems, but during the FDA's June inspection,
> company officials said they'd implemented only two.
>
> Snokist sold more than 3.3 million cases of processed fruit with sales
> of $53 million in 2010, according to the company's annual report. That
> represents more than 50,000 tons of processed fruit.
>
> In the past, Snokist has supplied applesauce to schools nationwide
> through federal nutrition programs, according to the U.S. Department
> of Agriculture. A spokesman said he couldn't comment directly on
> whether Snokist had been removed from the program, but added that no
> firm under investigation by the FDA would be allowed to participate.
>
> Snokist officials said they were working to address all of the
> concerns raised by the FDA and were awaiting a new inspection to
> confirm progress. FDA officials said the company has 15 days to
> respond to the warning letter
> http://vitals.msnbc.msn.com/_news/20...lunch-supplier

Oh bleh! I hate mold. Reminds me of when I put that salsa in my Spanish
rice without checking it. It was moldy. Oh the odor! And the other day
daughter showed me a supposedly hermetically sealed 2 slice pack of gluten
free bread. It was almost totally black and consumed with mold.

On Fri, 4 Nov 2011 18:13:50 -0500, Sqwertz <swertz@clue[email protected]>
wrote:

>On Fri, 04 Nov 2011 17:03:48 -0600, Janet Bostwick wrote:
>
>> msnbc.com has learned....
>>
>> Food and Drug Administration officials this week posted a warning
>> letter to Snokist Growers of Yakima, Wash., saying the company cannot
>> ensure the safety of moldy applesauce and fruit puree that has been
>> reconditioned for human consumption.
>
>I knew this. I got the same letter that MSNBC did. You mean I could
>have been writing this article?
>
>You can sign up at the FDA and USDA sites to get all sorts of updates
>such as these warning letters, product recalls, etc... Most of it
>trash and doubletalk, but every once in a while there's a gem amongst
>them.
>
>reading some of those letters you really wonder if they're written by
>5th graders studying "obscure nonsense doubletalk" as some of them
>make no sense at all. It's a shame some of those people have job when
>there are much more qualified people looking for work.
>
>-sw

I never knew that moldy fruits were "re-processed". To me, mold means
it is no good and not for consumption -- not to fiddled with and fed
to children and babies. I wonder what else is out there that is
reprocessed for our consumption?
Janet US

Janet Bostwick wrote:
>
> I never knew that moldy fruits were "re-processed". To me, mold means
> it is no good and not for consumption -- not to fiddled with and fed
> to children and babies. I wonder what else is out there that is
> reprocessed for our consumption?

Fox News?

On 11/4/2011 7:03 PM, Janet Bostwick wrote:

> Applesauce produced by Snokist Growers of Yakima, Wash., was recalled
> from the nation's schools earlier this year. Now, FDA officials say
> the company cannot ensure the safety of moldy applesauce reprocessed
> and packed in units such as this 106-ounce can.
>

I often wonder what happens to food items that are returned/recalled.
This is disgusting. I didn't read the whole thing so I'm sorry if I
missed something important about this. Just reprocessed for schools (as
if *just* is the right term) or for general consumption? I think this
is another good case for not buying processed foods, even something so
benign as applesauce.

On Fri, 04 Nov 2011 20:52:24 -0800, Mark Thorson <[email protected]>
wrote:

>Janet Bostwick wrote:
>>
>> I never knew that moldy fruits were "re-processed". To me, mold means
>> it is no good and not for consumption -- not to fiddled with and fed
>> to children and babies. I wonder what else is out there that is
>> reprocessed for our consumption?
>
>Fox News?

I don't read Fox News. Today this is all over the news.
Janet US

On Nov 5, 11:00*am, Janet Bostwick <nos...@cableone.net> wrote:
> On Fri, 04 Nov 2011 20:52:24 -0800, Mark Thorson <nos...@sonic.net>
> wrote:
>
> >Janet Bostwick wrote:
>
> >> I never knew that moldy fruits were "re-processed". *To me, mold means
> >> it is no good and not for consumption -- not to fiddled with and fed
> >> to children and babies. *I wonder what else is out there that is
> >> reprocessed for our consumption?
>
> >Fox News?
>
> I don't read Fox News. *Today this is all over the news.
> Janet US

Janet,

Mark meant that the stuff put out by Fox news is reprocessed, with all
that that implies.

Jerry
--
Engineering is the art of making what you want from things you can get.

On Sat, 5 Nov 2011 10:31:44 -0700 (PDT), Jerry Avins <[email protected]>
wrote:

>On Nov 5, 11:00*am, Janet Bostwick <nos...@cableone.net> wrote:
>> On Fri, 04 Nov 2011 20:52:24 -0800, Mark Thorson <nos...@sonic.net>
>> wrote:
>>
>> >Janet Bostwick wrote:
>>
>> >> I never knew that moldy fruits were "re-processed". *To me, mold means
>> >> it is no good and not for consumption -- not to fiddled with and fed
>> >> to children and babies. *I wonder what else is out there that is
>> >> reprocessed for our consumption?
>>
>> >Fox News?
>>
>> I don't read Fox News. *Today this is all over the news.
>> Janet US
>
>Janet,
>
>Mark meant that the stuff put out by Fox news is reprocessed, with all
>that that implies.
>
>Jerry

O.k., I thought he meant that I was reporting Fox news.
Janet US

Janet Bostwick wrote:
> FDA: Moldy applesauce repackaged by school lunch supplier
>
> USDA
>
> Applesauce produced by Snokist Growers of Yakima, Wash., was recalled
> from the nation's schools earlier this year. Now, FDA officials say
> the company cannot ensure the safety of moldy applesauce reprocessed
> and packed in units such as this 106-ounce can.
>
> By JoNel Aleccia
>
> A Washington state fruit processor that supplies the nation’s schools
> and a baby food maker is under scrutiny by federal health regulators
> for repackaging applesauce contaminated with several kinds of
> potentially dangerous, multi-colored molds, msnbc.com has learned.
>
> Food and Drug Administration officials this week posted a warning
> letter to Snokist Growers of Yakima, Wash., saying the company cannot
> ensure the safety of moldy applesauce and fruit puree that has been
> reconditioned for human consumption.
>
> “Your firm reprocesses moldy applesauce product … using a method that
> is not effective against all toxic metabolites,” read the FDA letter
> sent Oct. 20 to Jimmie L. Davis, Snokist’s president. “Several
> foodborne molds may be hazardous to human health.”
>
> Products recalled earlier this year by Snokist were blamed for
> illnesses of nine North Carolina children who became sick after eating
> applesauce at school.
>
> The latest warning came after FDA officials said Snokist failed to
> adequately address problems identified during a June inspection in
> which regulators found large, laminated bags of fruit products that
> were supposed to be sealed and sterile, but instead were broken open
> and tainted with white, brown, blue, blue-green and black mold. Some
> of the compromised bags were bloated and one had “a strong fermented
> odor,” the report said.
>
> The FDA’s letter identified at least eight instances last year in
> which Snokist had reprocessed the moldy applesauce into canned goods
> for human consumption. The inspection report said Snokist documents
> showed the company had reprocessed mold-contaminated applesauce at
> least 13 times between January 2008 and May 2011, repackaging food
> into 15-ounce cans, 106-ounce-cans, 300-gallon bags and 4.2-ounce,
> single-serve cups.
>
> It's not clear whether the mold-tainted applesauce went to schools.
> However, the June inspection followed a voluntary recall of more than
> 3,300 cases of canned Snokist applesauce in May after North Carolina
> schoolchildren became mildly ill after eating the fruit product. The
> recall was blamed on faulty seals on cans. The children have since
> recovered.
>
> Snokist officials admit that they “rework” some moldy food for
> future use. But in an e-mail to msnbc.com, company officials said that
> the contaminated fruit represents only a fraction of the company’s
> products, that compromised product is typically separated and
> destroyed, and that any reprocessed food is heat-treated to kill
> toxins.
>
> “If rework occurs, our thermal process is more than adequate to render
> the product commercially sterile,” Tina Moss, a company spokeswoman,
> wrote in an e-mail.
>
> The company said it has begun testing for patulin, a common toxin
> produced by mold in rotting fruit.
>
> However, the FDA said the company's tests are not adequate and that
> officials must prove they're testing for other dangerous microbes:
> “Most mycotoxins are stable compounds that are not destroyed by heat
> treatment,” the letter said.
>
> FDA regulations to allow companies to "recondition" food, but the
> final product must be free of contamination. Firms aren't required to
> notify the agency they've reprocessed food unless they're required to
> under terms of an inspection or other action, such as an injunction.
> In addition, rules prohibit mixing contaminated product with sound
> product to get to acceptable levels of filth, said Pat El-Hinnawy, an
> FDA spokeswoman.
>
> A 2009 consultant’s report showed that the types of molds in the
> Snokist fruit products included Alternaria, Fusarium and two types of
> Pennicillium, all of which can cause illness in people.
>
> That report was commissioned by Snokist after a baby-food manufacturer
> returned dozens of bags of the company’s fruit product in 2009 because
> they were contaminated with “a large amount of mold,” according to the
> FDA inspection report.
>
> In early 2010, the consultant recommended six steps that Snokist could
> take to fix the problems, but during the FDA’s June inspection,
> company officials said they’d implemented only two.
>
> Snokist sold more than 3.3 million cases of processed fruit with sales
> of $53 million in 2010, according to the company’s annual report. That
> represents more than 50,000 tons of processed fruit.
>
> In the past, Snokist has supplied applesauce to schools nationwide
> through federal nutrition programs, according to the U.S. Department
> of Agriculture. A spokesman said he couldn’t comment directly on
> whether Snokist had been removed from the program, but added that no
> firm under investigation by the FDA would be allowed to participate.
>
> Snokist officials said they were working to address all of the
> concerns raised by the FDA and were awaiting a new inspection to
> confirm progress. FDA officials said the company has 15 days to
> respond to the warning letter
> http://vitals.msnbc.msn.com/_news/20...lunch-supplier

Well, back when my daughter was in school, she would regularly
report on mold in the school lunches. (She NEVER ate school
lunches, but she ate with some folks who did.)

--
Jean B.

Janet Bostwick;1679192 Wrote:
> FDA: Moldy applesauce repackaged by school lunch supplier
>
> USDA
>
> Applesauce produced by Snokist Growers of Yakima, Wash., was recalled
> from the nation's schools earlier this year. Now, FDA officials say
> the company cannot ensure the safety of moldy applesauce reprocessed
> and packed in units such as this 106-ounce can.
>
> By JoNel Aleccia
>
> A Washington state fruit processor that supplies the nation’s schools
> and a baby food maker is under scrutiny by federal health regulators
> for repackaging applesauce contaminated with several kinds of
> potentially dangerous, multi-colored molds, msnbc.com has learned.
>
> Food and Drug Administration officials this week posted a warning
> letter to Snokist Growers of Yakima, Wash., saying the company cannot
> ensure the safety of moldy applesauce and fruit puree that has been
> reconditioned for human consumption.
>
> “Your firm reprocesses moldy applesauce product … using a method that
> is not effective against all toxic metabolites,” read the FDA letter
> sent Oct. 20 to Jimmie L. Davis, Snokist’s president. “Several
> foodborne molds may be hazardous to human health.”
>
> Products recalled earlier this year by Snokist were blamed for
> illnesses of nine North Carolina children who became sick after eating
> applesauce at school.
>
> The latest warning came after FDA officials said Snokist failed to
> adequately address problems identified during a June inspection in
> which regulators found large, laminated bags of fruit products that
> were supposed to be sealed and sterile, but instead were broken open
> and tainted with white, brown, blue, blue-green and black mold. Some
> of the compromised bags were bloated and one had “a strong fermented
> odor,” the report said.
>
> The FDA’s letter identified at least eight instances last year in
> which Snokist had reprocessed the moldy applesauce into canned goods
> for human consumption. The inspection report said Snokist documents
> showed the company had reprocessed mold-contaminated applesauce at
> least 13 times between January 2008 and May 2011, repackaging food
> into 15-ounce cans, 106-ounce-cans, 300-gallon bags and 4.2-ounce,
> single-serve cups.
>
> It's not clear whether the mold-tainted applesauce went to schools.
> However, the June inspection followed a voluntary recall of more than
> 3,300 cases of canned Snokist applesauce in May after North Carolina
> schoolchildren became mildly ill after eating the fruit product. The
> recall was blamed on faulty seals on cans. The children have since
> recovered.
>
> Snokist officials admit that they “rework” some moldy food for
> future use. But in an e-mail to msnbc.com, company officials said that
> the contaminated fruit represents only a fraction of the company’s
> products, that compromised product is typically separated and
> destroyed, and that any reprocessed food is heat-treated to kill
> toxins.
>
> “If rework occurs, our thermal process is more than adequate to render
> the product commercially sterile,” Tina Moss, a company spokeswoman,
> wrote in an e-mail.
>
> The company said it has begun testing for patulin, a common toxin
> produced by mold in rotting fruit.
>
> However, the FDA said the company's tests are not adequate and that
> officials must prove they're testing for other dangerous microbes:
> “Most mycotoxins are stable compounds that are not destroyed by heat
> treatment,” the letter said.
>
> FDA regulations to allow companies to "recondition" food, but the
> final product must be free of contamination. Firms aren't required to
> notify the agency they've reprocessed food unless they're required to
> under terms of an inspection or other action, such as an injunction.
> In addition, rules prohibit mixing contaminated product with sound
> product to get to acceptable levels of filth, said Pat El-Hinnawy, an
> FDA spokeswoman.
>
> A 2009 consultant’s report showed that the types of molds in the
> Snokist fruit products included Alternaria, Fusarium and two types of
> Pennicillium, all of which can cause illness in people.
>
> That report was commissioned by Snokist after a baby-food manufacturer
> returned dozens of bags of the company’s fruit product in 2009 because
> they were contaminated with “a large amount of mold,” according to the
> FDA inspection report.
>
> In early 2010, the consultant recommended six steps that Snokist could
> take to fix the problems, but during the FDA’s June inspection,
> company officials said they’d implemented only two.
>
> Snokist sold more than 3.3 million cases of processed fruit with sales
> of $53 million in 2010, according to the company’s annual report. That
> represents more than 50,000 tons of processed fruit.
>
> In the past, Snokist has supplied applesauce to schools nationwide
> through federal nutrition programs, according to the U.S. Department
> of Agriculture. A spokesman said he couldn’t comment directly on
> whether Snokist had been removed from the program, but added that no
> firm under investigation by the FDA would be allowed to participate.
>
> Snokist officials said they were working to address all of the
> concerns raised by the FDA and were awaiting a new inspection to
> confirm progress. FDA officials said the company has 15 days to
> respond to the warning letter
> 'Vitals - FDA: Moldy applesauce repackaged by school lunch supplier'
> (http://tinyurl.com/4499l5b)

The fact that Snokist did not address concerns the FDA laid out in their
June inspection.In the summer of 2011, Washington state apple
manufacturer Snokist recalled thousands of cases of applesauce that had
been sold to schools. The facility that processes this applesauce is now
under FDA investigation. The operation of "re-processing" bad applesauce
is theoretically lawful. I've read this here 'FDA investigating Snokist
plant for repackaging moldy applesauce' (http://tinyurl.com/7o6la8k).




--
vanbrown

In article <[email protected]>,
Janet Bostwick <[email protected]> wrote:

>
> FDA: Moldy applesauce repackaged by school lunch supplier
>
> USDA

I like how there is a method of reprocessing moldy food that is good
enough for the USDA and FDA, but people at home are supposed to throw
out cheese that was out for two hours.

--
Regards,
Ranee @ Arabian Knits

"She seeks wool and flax, and works with willing hands." Prov 31:13

http://arabianknits.blogspot.com/