Jalapenos off shelves at King Soopers, City Market
Associated Press
Originally published 11:07 a.m., July 24, 2008
Updated 11:07 a.m., July 24, 2008
CINCINNATI — The parent company of Colorado grocery chains King Soopers and City Market has removed all jalapeño peppers from its stores as a precaution.
Kroger Co. spokeswoman Meghan Glynn said it decided to halt jalapeño sales after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration reported Monday that a McAllen, Texas, distributor was recalling jalapeños that had the potential to be contaminated with salmonella.
She said Kroger removed jalapeños the next day, even though none of its supply was from that distributor.
The government is warning against eating fresh jalapeños or products containing them while it investigates a national salmonella outbreak first linked to tomatoes.
Cincinnati-based Kroger operates nearly 2,500 stores in 31 states.
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July 24, 2008
11:33 a.m.
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nativegirl writes:
I wish the grocery stores would disclose where their produce is grown. I'm sure that would be considered "racist" though.
July 24, 2008
12:21 p.m.
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Logical writes:
That would take too much attention to detail. Neither Safeway nor King Soopers can even put the price comparisons in the same unit on the same shelf (12.3 cents an ounce on one can of soup, $3.93 per quart on another can of soup). There's no way they could figure out how to make a new label for each produce purchase!
I sure wish they could figure it out. It really is simple enough, if they wanted to. It's not rocket science.
Maybe they don't want us to figure out that if something came from South America that it had to be picked green, over a week ago, thus being flavorless.
July 24, 2008
12:23 p.m.
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El_Mariachi writes:
Yeah...You wouldn't want the Banana Peppers dropping the race card on the Jalapenos!!!
July 24, 2008
12:24 p.m.
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reddog writes:
Logical, you are so right on. Thats how they control the consumer with quanity BS