http://www.fda.gov/Safety/Recalls/ucm192978.htm
Unilever Conducts Nationwide Voluntary Recall of Slim-Fast® Ready-to-Drink Products in Cans Due to Possible Health Risk
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - Englewood Cliffs, NJ, December 3, 2009 -
Unilever United States, Inc., in cooperation with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), is conducting a nationwide voluntary recall of all Slim-Fast® ready-to-drink (RTD) products in cans, due to the possibility of contamination with Bacillus cereus, a micro-organism, which may cause diarrhea and possibly nausea and/or vomiting. The probability of serious adverse health consequences is remote.
The products were sold in stores nationwide.
Product Description:
The products are packaged in paperboard cartons and contain four, six or 12 steel cans that are 11 FL OZ (325 mL) each. Individual cans are also sold in certain retail outlets. The recall involves all Slim-Fast® RTD products in cans, regardless of flavor, Best-By date, lot code or UPC number. A listing of all RTD recalled products is attached to this press release.
No other Slim-Fast® products are affected by this recall. No Slim-Fast® powdered shakes, meal bars, or snack bars are affected by this recall.
The recall was initiated after the company conducted quality testing on Slim-Fast® RTD products in cans. Out of an abundance of caution, the company is recalling all RTD products in cans that are currently in distribution centers, on-shelf or in back rooms in retail outlets or in consumers’ homes. The company is in the process of identifying and correcting the production issue, and will resume production and shipment of the product when the issue has been addressed and corrected.
Consumers who have purchased Slim-Fast® RTD products in cans are urged to discard them immediately and contact the company at 1-800-896-9479 for a full refund. The Consumer Services Center is open Monday – Friday, 8:30 AM – 6:00 PM ET. A recorded message is available 24/7.
Contact:
Anita Larsen
201-894-7760
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The shortened form of the bacteria is B. cereus
Would that be "be serious"?! hehehe
Now go dump the Slim-Fast you might have.
XOXO
Me
pic from here: http://www.textbookofbacteriology.net/B.cereus.html
Even with my Wisconsin Rest Manager License, I had to look this one up...
ReplyDeleteBacillus cereus is an endemic, soil-dwelling, Gram-positive, rod-shaped, beta hemolytic bacterium.
http://www.textbookofbacteriology.net/B.cereus.html
B. cereus causes two types of food-borne illnesses. One type is characterized by nausea and vomiting and abdominal cramps and has an incubation period of 1 to 6 hours. It resembles Staphylococcus aureus (staph) food poisoning in its symptoms and incubation period. This is the "short-incubation" or emetic form of the disease.
The second type is manifested primarily by abdominal cramps and diarrhea following an incubation period of 8 to 16 hours. Diarrhea may be a small volume or profuse and watery. This type is referred to as the "long-incubation" or diarrheal form of the disease, and it resembles food poisoning caused by Clostridium perfringens. In either type, the illness usually lasts less than 24 hours after onset. In a few patients symptoms may last longer.
XOXO
Me
I have been relying on this stuff to help me adjust my weight and just when it is starting to pay off... they want it all back .. it is a conspiracy I tell ya hehheh. Actually it is not just nationwide in the USA.. it also affects anyone using it in canuckland too. Calling and getting your refund is quite simple ..now I have to get the powder and mix it myself (sighs...so much extra work lol)
ReplyDeletetoo late... I dumped it after it made me sick.
ReplyDeleteGood to know I only DRINK the crap on the advice of my doctor for my blood sugar.... sigh.
I used to use this stuff a LONG time ago but I have only ever used the powder... The stuff in the cans never tasted good to me anyway...
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