General Mills on Thursday recalled about 5 million frozen pizzas sold nationwide under the Totino's and Jeno's labels because of possible E. coli contamination.
The products being recalled include pizzas with these bar-code or stock-keeping-unit numbers:
Totino's Party Supreme, 42800-10700.
Totino's Three Meat, 42800-10800.
Totino's Pepperoni, 42800-11400.
Totino's Pepperoni, 42800-92114.
Totino's Classic Pepperoni, 42800-11402.
Totino's Pepperoni Trio, 42800-72157.
Totino's Party Combo, 42800-11600.
Totino's Combo, 42800-92116.
Jeno's Crisp 'n Tasty Supreme, 35300-00561.
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Jeno's Crisp 'n Tasty Pepperoni, 35300-00572.
Jeno's Crisp 'n Tasty Combo, 35300-00576.
The problem
Pepperoni on pizzas produced at a General Mills plant in Ohio may be the source of contamination, the suburban Minneapolis-based company said. It said the pepperoni was produced by a separate supplier, not by the plant itself, but it would not release the name of the pepperoni distributor.
Time frame
The voluntary recall covers pizzas containing pepperoni that have been produced since July, when the first of 21 E. coli illnesses under investigation by state and federal authorities emerged.
Illnesses
Nine of the 21 people reported eating Totino's or Jeno's pizza with pepperoni topping at some point before becoming ill. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said that eight of the victims have been hospitalized and four have developed a type of kidney failure.
Eight of the cases were reported in Tennessee, with the other cases found in smaller numbers in Kentucky, Missouri, New York, Virginia, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Wisconsin and South Dakota.
What to do
The company asks consumers to throw away recalled pizzas. They can get replacements by clipping the bar code from the box and mailing it with their names and addresses to Totino's/ Jeno's, P.O. Box 200 — Pizza, Minneapolis, MN 55440-0200.
SOURCE: The Associated Press
