Just when you thoughts nuts were safe again...
As if the peanut scare wasn’t bad enough, now there’s a new salmonella-related problem. According to this warning released just last week by the FDA, now there’s a problem with the nation’s pistachio crop, prompting yet another nut-related recall.
This time the FDA says the culprit is Setton Pistachio of Terra Bella Inc, Calif. Fortunately, as in the peanut scare, this problem doesn’t appear to have anything to do with bagged pistachios, but the warning notes that the potentially contaminated nuts in this case are used “as ingredients in a variety of foods,” so you can bet this will lead to more recalls of other products. The FDA is keeping a list of potential affected products which you can see by clicking here.
It started late in March, when Kraft Foods reported contamination of its Back to Nature Trail Mix. I wonder how long it will be before we see a breakdown of where things went wrong in this supply chain? Fortunately, few people have apparently gotten sick from this, but with a better managed supply chain, I can’t help but wonder if this needed to happen at all?
