I’m glad we’re back to making our own bread every time here. We’d gotten lazy and were buying it sometimes – a 100% Natural Stoneground Whole Wheat, of course. (Like it’s the real thing – yeah sure.)
Anyhow, I just came across this – containing the brand we’d bought at times. I’ve deleted out the 20-some other products listed, for the sake of space. Hmm, how I ever missed hearing about it at the time.
PRODUCT
A) Whole Wheat Bread; freshly baked bread packaged in poly-film plastic bags under the following labels:
….
c) EarthGrains 100% Natural Whole Wheat 100% Stone Ground Bakery Bread, Net Wt 24 oz, EarthGrains Baking Companies, Inc., UPC 0 50400 72746 5;
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CODE
Best If Purchased By JUL 25 07 222 through AUG 7 07 222
RECALLING FIRM/MANUFACTURER
Recalling Firm: Sara Lee Food and Beverage, Downers Grove, IL, by e-mail on July 25, 2007 and by press release and telephone on July 26, 2007 followed by electronic notification.
Manufacturer: Sara Lee Bakery Group, Inc., Meridian, MS. Firm initiated recall is complete.
REASON
The bread products may contain metal fragments.
VOLUME OF PRODUCT IN COMMERCE
286, 478 loaves
DISTRIBUTION
MS, AL, AK, MO, GA, TN, LA, and FL
The recall is "complete" but who knows how many loaves reached consumer’s stomachs. 286.5 thousand loaves is a lot of bread to affect a lot of people.
But what we don’t know won’t hurt us right? Yeah sure.
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