- Hello Jeff -- My first question is "what is an 18
month old doing eating snack foods anyway?" I do not wish to negate
the situation with the Veggie Booty snacks and the fact that they used
poison Chinese seasoning, but we need to really monitor what our babies
and toddlers are eating, no?
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- I have never heard of Veggie Booty snacks, so I suppose
I shouldn't commenting too much, but in my opinion many of these snack
foods are just masquerading as healthy foods. So many of them contain additives,
preservatives, tons of sugar, corn oil, salt, fats, and dozens of other
UNhealthy items.
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- I do believe that the fault lies not only with China
and the obvious lack of quality of their products, but also lies with American
companies who continue to add Chinese ingredients to their products after
knowing that so many products from China are tainted frauds.
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- We must stop trading with China. We get absolutely nothing
out of the trade but deficit and shoddy products to boot.
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- Patty
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- Veggie Booty Snack Maker Accused Of Poisoning
- Honolulu Advertiser Staff and News Services
- 7-6-7
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- NEW YORK - The parents of
an Indiana toddler have sued the makers of Veggie Booty, claiming the recalled
snack poisoned their child.
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- Hawai'i Health Department officials said they had not
received any reports locally of related illnesses from the snack.
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- Locally, managers at Down To Earth and Umeke Market Natural
Foods & Deli said they sold Veggie Booty snacks but pulled them from
shelves more than a week ago after notification from the Health Department
and the maker.
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- The lawsuit, filed in federal court in New York by David
and Ashlee Allen, of Valparaiso, Ind., says their 18-month-old son, Xavier,
ate a bag of Veggie Booty on May 20. It alleges that three days later,
he had a bout of "severe, bloody diarrhea," and was diagnosed
at a hospital with salmonella poisoning.
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- Robert's American Gourmet Inc. had a duty to make food
"that was fit for human consumption ... and that was free of pathogenic
bacteria," said the suit, which seeks unspecified damages. "The
defendant breached this duty."
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- A telephone message left Friday with the company, based
in Sea Cliff on Long Island, was not immediately returned.
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- The company recalled its Veggie Booty Snack Food last
week after it was associated with 54 cases of salmonella poisoning in 17
states. Many of those sickened reported eating Veggie Booty.
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- The recall was expanded on Monday to include Super Veggie
Tings Crunchy Corn Sticks Snack Food, since it uses the same seasoning.
A company official said a spray-on seasoning made with imported Chinese
ingredients that was used on both baked products had tested positive for
bacteria.
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- The recall is only the latest in a growing series to
involve Chinese-made products found to be tainted, defective or otherwise
dangerous. In recent weeks, there have been recalls of Chinese tires, toy
trains and toothpaste. The government also is blocking some Chinese farmed
seafood imports because of widespread contamination by antibiotics and
other drugs.
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- Salmonella can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections,
especially in young children, frail or elderly people and others with weakened
immune systems. Symptoms include fever, diarrhea, nausea, vomiting and
abdominal pain.
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- The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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- http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2007/Jul/06/br/br1675438029.html
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- Patricia A. Doyle DVM, PhD
- Bus Admin, Tropical Agricultural Economics
- Univ of West Indies
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- Please visit my "Emerging Diseases" message
board at:
- http://www.emergingdisease.org/phpbb/index.php
- Also my new website:
- http://drpdoyle.tripod.com/
- Zhan le Devlesa tai sastimasa
- Go with God and in Good Health
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