Dadgum It. Pistachios Are the New Peanuts.
Setton Pistachio of Terra Bella, Inc. (California), has just issued a voluntary recall of some one million pounds of pistachio products after a routine test came up positive for salmonella. Once again, the Unicyclist and I are in the thick of it, having a package of pistachios from Trader Joe’s in the cupboard. No word yet on whether TJ’s pistachios are squeaky clean or questionable, but we’ll be waiting before eating any more. We’ll have plenty of time to stay updated on the breaking news, since we’ll just be standing around, beating our heads against the wall in utter disbelief that this is happening again, already. Find the updated recall list here.
I’m starting to feel like this blog could keep trucking just covering food-borne illnesses.
Does that make anyone else want to cry?
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Yes. It makes me want to cry and scream in frustration all at the same time. One after the other, things go on the “avoid” list, come back in the “safe-zone” once the company/growers/etc. get audited, and then we are right back where we started, never knowing if any real change took place. It seems like there is too much left to blind faith – that is growing slimmer by the day.
And the other thing that ties into this is the legislation supposed to make the food security/safety safer, but carries a huge risk of harming the local, small producers from whom we can actually have a direct knowledge about where and how our food is produced. Sigh. The one-size-fits-all just doesn’t work, and regulating the life out of it might not work either, as it doesn’t get to the root of the problems…. deep-seeded roots, unfortunately it seems.
Gah! Bloody hell. That’s beyond ridonculous to me. And wrong. And terrible.