Food safety and health alert

In case you missed it, the FDA cited a food processing plant in Yakima, Washington called Snokist for moldy applesauce.  This company is a food supplier for the government school lunch programs.  An article I just read had even more deplorable description of the facility than what was reported in the nightly news.  Absolutely disgusting the descriptions I read about the condition the facility has been in while it is processing this stuff as food that goes across the entire country.  I'm shocked that I am not reading anything about recalls of this "food".  I don't care how hot the vats are that the applesauce get, I'm not interested in eating something that they skim the mold off of and get away with calling it food.  I have enough food sensitivities without aggravating the problems by allowing toxic mold to get cooked into the apple sauce--along with reading about the conditions I read in the article I will post the link to shortly.

If any of us were to make our own homemade apple sauce, we would never use apples that were obviously moldy.  We would have the good sense to throw out the apples that were so unfit for consumption, because we know it isn't safe.  We would use the freshest and cleanest fruit we had on hand.

I just thought it was too important not to alert other people of this serious issue in the food supply.  This isn't right to do, because that mold can't be good for anyone who already has compromised health, even if it is supposedly killed   by the cooking process.  Plus, it would obviously change the flavor.  I'm definitely throwing out anything with that company name and any canned apple sauce with a not so well known brand name.  Supposedly none of it reached any food banks or schools, but how can they really be so sure, since the company was cited more than once in recent months and didn't really change its practices once the health inspectors went on their way and had their backs turned.  I won't be leaving the stuff I'm throwing out for anyone else to take for themselves, because I can't be sure it's safe.  This company has lost all points with me.  This is absolutely appalling to me.

http://www.foodsafetynews.com/2011/11/fda-company-sent-moldy-applesauce-to-school-lunch-program/

[candlelover40]

Thanks for sharing with us. I didn't know that they did that and you are right, absolutely appalling for those as you mention who could be sensitive to it.

[candlelover40]

Thanks for sharing with us. I didn't know that they did that and you are right, absolutely appalling for those as you mention who could be sensitive to it.

[ChitChatNine]

Hi,

Interesting info .. thanks so much for posting and I agree with Candlelover40, too!

C~