A North Carolina company is following in Toyota’s footsteps with a massive recall of a life endangering product. In this case, the recall has nothing to do with defective gas pedals and isn’t actually that massive. According to this article, The Murphy House of Louisburg is recalling roughly 2,850 pounds of pork barbecue. The company’s pre-packaged five-pound buckets o’ ‘cue “may contain an undeclared allergen, soy flour,” according to findings by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service.
Consider this recall further proof that soy has no business within 25 yards of barbecue.
As a slight aside, you should sleep easier knowing that U.S. Department of Agriculture staff–when not gorging on five-pound buckets of pork–have created a food safety website called Ask Karen. The website features a “virtual representative ” named (can you guess?) Karen who “is a knowledge base with information for consumers about preventing foodborne illness, safe food handling and storage, and safe preparation of meat, poultry, and egg products.”
Not only is Karen incredibly knowledgeable about food safety, but she is a looker too. Nothing is hotter than pillow talk about the safe preparation of meat, poultry, and egg produucts, right? More from me another day, I’ve got an e-date with Karen to get to…
Filed under: BBQ in the News | Tagged: Faux 'Cue, Health and safety, Signs of aporkalypse |
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