Updated at 2:48 p.m., Friday, November 2, 2007
No illnesses in Hawaii linked to recall of frozen pizzas
Advertiser Staff
General Mills frozen meat pizzas sold under the brand names Totino's and Jeno's have been tied to 21 reported cases of E. coli 0157:H7 illness in 10 states, the state Department of Health said yesterday in an advisory warning Hawai'i consumers not to eat the products.The Health Department has received no confirmed reports of severe gastrointestinal illness associated with the contaminated products.
Packaging for the products bears the establishment number "EST. 7750" inside the USDA mark of inspection as well as a "best if used by" date of "02 APR 08 WS," the Health Department said.
Totino's pepperoni; classic pepperoni; pepperoni trio; combination sausage and pepper; three meat sausage, Canadian style bacon and pepperoni; and supreme sausage and pepperoni pizza with green peppers and onions that are marketed as "The Original Crisp Crust Party Pizza" are on the recall list as well as pepperoni, combination sausage and pepperoni, and supreme sausage and pepperoni with green peppers and onion of Jeno's "Crisp 'N Tasty Pizza."
