Farm Futures
   Search Site:   Friday, November 20, 2009 | Bookmark This Site   
Skip Navigation Links
Home
Markets
News
Weather
Farm Futures NOW!
Magazine Online
RSS News
Land For Sale
Mobile
Subscribe
Reprints
Register
Login
About Us
Advertise
Kansas ViewpointKansas Viewpoint   
Comments on news events, controversies, hot topics of the day, from energy issues to production to policy for Kansas farmers.
 
Share This
 
 

Recalls Keep Coming Thick and Fast
Posted on September 30, 2009 at 3:32 PM
Click here to view recent posts
Is it just me or have we suddenly moved into a world of daily recalls?

It seems like they keep coming faster and faster and some of them, well, I have to wonder exactly why we're bothering.

The latest I got involves a batch of baby formula that had an accidental blending issue that means it has just a hair less protein than the label says it does. It's not unhealthy, mind you. It's a tad short of U.S. recommendations, but meets World Health Organization standards. It certainly won't make anybody sick.

So why recall? I can see issuing, say a point of information.

I am all for recalling potentially dangerous products. Certainly possible contamination with bacteria or foreign matter.

But when you forget to put on the label that Wheat Thins contain wheat or discover miniscule variations in nutritional content, destroying perfectly good food seems just plain wasteful.
Add a Comment

Recent Posts
Back to Top
Recalls Keep Coming Thick and Fast
Posted on September 30, 2009 at 3:32 PM
Recalls have become daily--sometimes twice daily-- occurrence
Category: Issues
Blog

Category

About The Writer
Kansas ViewpointPhylllis Jacobs "PJ" Griekspoor, the new editor of Kansas Farmer, joined Farm Progress in August of 2008 after 18 years with the Wichita Eagle as a metro editor, page designer, copy desk chief and reporter covering agriculture and agribusiness, oil and gas, biofuels and the bioeconomy, transportation, small business, military affairs, weather and general aviation.

She came to Wichita in 1990 from Fayetteville, N.C., where she was copy desk chief of the Fayetteville Observer for three years. She also worked at the Pioneer Press in St. Paul, Minn. (1980-87), the Mankato Free Press in Mankato, Minn. (1972-80) and the Kirksville Daily Express in Kirksville, Mo.(1966-70)

Phyllis, who goes by "PJ" since most people can pronounce that and even spell it, loves digging in the dirt and planting stuff, rescuing the houseplants that other people have darn-near killed, spoiling her grandkids and taking to the skies in a little bitty airplane.

Archives

iNet Solutions Group   Powered by iNet Solutions Group   ©2009 All rights reserved.