Eleventh Store Found Selling Withdrawn Tainted Carrot Juice In G.T.A.

The original recall notice was issued ten days ago and since then, Toronto Public Health has probed almost 800 different supermarkets, finding an additional 10 by Monday that hadn’t pulled the offending bottles off the shelves.

Another 250 to 300 will be checked over the next few days, but the fact that something that presents such an obvious risk is still around has left officials astounded about the compliance rates.

The products involved are:

“Bolthouse Farms 100% Carrot Juice” sold in both 1 litre and 450 millilitre sizes

“Earthbound Farm Organic Carrot Juice” sold in both 1 litre and 450 millilitre sizes

“President’s Choice Organics 100% Pure Carrot Juice” sold in both 1 litre and 450 millilitre sizes.
   
Products with a “best by” date up to November 11, 2006 should not be used.

The two people who remain in hospital are still sick, but it’s hoped they’ll recover. “They are both critically ill, requiring ventilator support in an I.C.U.,” relates Dr Barbara Yaffee of Toronto Public Health.  “However, they’re stable.”

The carrot juice contamination is the latest of several food recalls here and in the U.S. Most recently, California-grown spinach was removed from store shelves after several people were sickened with E. coli.

The month long outbreaks has left many wondering if they can still trust the products they eat.

“I’m not a big believer in organics,” relates Stephanie Bausenhart. “It’s been mainly with organic food, all this E. coli.”

But Jack Brewer feels the opposite is true.
 
“I mean the only way to be safe is be organic,” he claims. “The other stuff is all modified. We don’t know what the results are going to be like.”

The bottom line: it’s up to Health Department to make sure they find the stores selling the tainted items. And it’s up to you to make sure you know about what you shouldn’t be drinking.

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