Uh Oh, SpaghettiO's

[techs]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100618/ap_on_bi_ge/us_spaghettios_recall

Campbell Soup recalls 15M pounds of SpaghettiOs

WASHINGTON – Campbell Soup Co. is recalling 15 million pounds of SpaghettiOs with meatballs after a cooker malfunctioned at one of the company's plants in Texas and left the meat undercooked.

The Agriculture Department announced the recall late Thursday. Campbell spokesman Anthony Sanzio said the company is recalling certain lots of the product manufactured since December 2008 "out of an abundance of caution" because officials don't know exactly when the cooker at the Paris, Texas, plant malfunctioned. Officials believe it happened recently but aren't sure, he said.

The meatballs that went through the cooker did not get the requisite amount of heat, according to the company.

Recalled are certain lots of three varieties of the pasta product often consumed by children: SpaghettiOs with Meatballs, SpaghettiOs A to Z with Meatballs, and SpaghettiOs Fun Shapes with Meatballs (Cars).

The USDA said there are no reports of illnesses associated with the product and Sanzio said the company has received no customer complaints to date.

 

[krylon]

Paris, Texas. I still need to watch that one.

 

[Jeff7]

Wow, since 2008? Their quality-control systems sure do catch problems fast.

 

[Azraele]

Wow, since 2008? Their quality-control systems sure do catch problems fast.

Yeah, if that was the last known date when the cooker was known to be functioning correctly, they need to step up inspections.

 

[ElFenix]

if i run out and buy some right now and then get sick can i sue and win?

 

[BoberFett]

That sucks, over the last few days I've been craving limp pasta in watered down ketchup with grade B meatballs.

Seriously though, I haven't eaten Spaghettios since I was a little kid, and it'd be fun to eat them again for old times sake. Maybe I'll have to go with the canned ravioli instead.

 

[MrChad]

SpaghettiOs are pretty terrible anyway. There are much better food options to be feeding your kids.

 

[AkumaX]

only after this press release will people start complaining/suing

 

[blackdogdeek]

there's just something about meat and pasta in a can that makes me not want.

 

[QueBert]

SpaghettiOs are pretty terrible anyway. There are much better food options to be feeding your kids.

fail, they are delicious. As an adult I love them, don't eat em much but after 5 or 6 beers they taste fucking awesome. I cook up a few pieces of 5 cheese texas toast and a can of SpagettiOs with Meatballs and grub the hell out. They might be terrible for you, but one of the best things you can go from opening the can to ingesting in under 2 minutes.

 

[waggy]

my kids love them. hell i used to as a child. but as a adult i can't stand them or the smell of them.

 

[blackdogdeek]

fail, they are delicious. As an adult I love them, don't eat em much but after 5 or 6 beers they taste fucking awesome. I cook up a few pieces of 5 cheese texas toast and a can of SpagettiOs with Meatballs and grub the hell out. They might be terrible for you, but one of the best things you can go from opening the can to ingesting in under 2 minutes.

dinty moore beef stew > spaghettio's

 

[SagaLore]

if i run out and buy some right now and then get sick can i sue and win?

Yes.