Thursday, November 19, 2009

Serial cereal blogging


In case you haven't noticed, there is a decided shortage of Eggo Waffles in your grocery freezer. Here's why!

For those of you who don't want to click ...
Kellogg Co. says there will be a nationwide shortage of its popular Eggo frozen waffles until next summer because of interruptions in production at two of the four plants that make them.

But, for those of you who are food conspiracy theorists, here's another thing to consider.

The short version:
But ConsumerAffairs.com has confirmed the Georgia Department of Agriculture (GDA) in September found Listeria monocytogenes in a sample of Eggo Buttermilk Waffles made at the Atlanta plant. Health officials took the sample during a routine inspection of the facility.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I have not noticed a shortage of Eggo Waffles in the store.

There was a Nestle cookie dough recall recently. Stickers were applied to containers claiming "new batch" after the recall.

The recalls occur because even if a small amount is found in food products or a food processing plant, the sheer size of current food processing facilities creates very large safety concerns.

Most stores respond rapidly to safety concerns, which happen on a routine basis. But considering the vast number of products offered at retail stores it is a minute number.