When it’s issued for turkey and ham the day after Thanksgiving.
Ohio Firm Recalls Turkey and Ham
Nov 24, 2006 — WASHINGTON (Reuters) – An Ohio-based company is recalling 46,941 pounds of turkey and ham products that officials fear could cause listeriosis, a potentially fatal disease, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Friday.
HoneyBaked Foods Inc. is voluntarily recalling the meat, which includes cooked, glazed and sliced ham and turkey, USDA said in a statement.
The meat, which was produced between September 5 and November 13, may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, which can bring about high fever, headaches, neck stiffness and nausea, USDA said.
And you thought it was Aunt Betty’s Sweet Potato Pie with those marshmallows you always try to pick off.
And of all places–Honeybaked. I love their ham. Actually, it’s the glaze I love. It’s like eating a ham donut. Perhaps, though, I should say “loved.” Listeria is a serious bacterial illness with awful symptoms. An antibiotics regimen is the treatment. Send good vibes to everyone who may have eaten potentially bad meat, and call me Miss Cleo, but I have a feeling there are going to be quite a few lawyers in HoneyBaked’s future.
If this recall does affect you, please read the USDA’s official statement of all the Honeybaked products involved.
Related Link:
Official Honeybaked Site
Gee, I’m tempted to take a bucket of vomit over to my local Honeybaked store and indignantly demand my money back.
You rock! Ham donut … that’s funny … but true! That’s exactly what I thought! Mmm!
Ham donut- great analogy. The bigger question ( since gazillions of people already ate this stuff )should confront the issue of how contamination occurs. These large-scale operations should be forced to have stringent in-house operating and testing to avoid this issues. What if some young toddler with leukemia ate it?
And just what are we supposed to do? Round up all those hams and send them back? They’re already out there on dinner tables across America contributing to family get-togethers. Let’s not forget America is a nation of meat-eaters. Ham is essential to our festivities.
actually, honeybaked ham sent out the message the night BEFORE thanksgiving….we all heard about it on tv wednesday night.
but what bugged me was that honeybaked did not open on thanksgiving day! instead the instructions were that no one was to eat the ham or turkey, but return it on friday.
i guess the event wasn’t important enough to open the store to replace the meat.