What's Your Weiner's Code Number?
Posted by Slobokan @ 22:04 · 175 words · print
If your weiner's got the wrong code number, it could make you sick.
Agriculture Commissioner Tommy Irvin announced that Department of Agriculture food scientists found Listeria monocytogenes in a sample of Zeigler Wieners.
The contamination was found in a 12-ounce package of Zeigler chicken and pork wieners marked CI USE BY Nov 26 08. The package also bears the plant number P-9156S inside the USDA mark of inspection. The wieners are manufactured by R.L. Zeigler Co. Inc., Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
Eating food contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes can cause listeriosis, an uncommon but potentially serious disease.
The most common manifestation of listeriosis is meningitis, which has symptoms of high fever, severe headache, neck stiffness and nausea. Listeriosis can also cause miscarriages and stillbirths, as well as serious and sometimes fatal infections to infants, the elderly and those with weakened immune systems such as persons with chronic diseases or undergoing chemotherapy for cancer.
If you've been taking diet pills, you probably aren't eating these, but for those of you who are…
Now that I have your attention, get rid of those bad weiners.
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