The frozen waffles, made by Treehouse Foods, were sold under store brands including Walmart's Great Value and Target's Good and Gather.
    • Ledivin@lemmy.world
      3·
      30 days ago

      It turns out that lowering safety standards across the board isn’t good for our health. Who could have possibly seen this coming? Why, oh why did we lower standards on these enormous corporations that fuel our entire lives?!?

      Oh yeah, money 🤑 I’ve made like $12 from investing in their stock, so everything’s fine.

    • FenrirIII@lemmy.world
      0·
      29 days ago

      Consider the groups most likely impacted by a compromised food safety standard and decreased regulation. The rich aren’t out buying Walmart brand waffles.

  • Skanky@lemmy.world
    2·
    29 days ago

    Ooof. TreeHouse foods is in a world of hurt. Listeria is incredibly hard to get rid of in a factory. It usually means shutting down the entire operation until everything is thoroughly steam -cleaned and sanitized. Then, an inspection team will go through the entire factory and swab everything with a q-tip. And I mean everything. Every little nook and cranny. If any of these samples comes back positive, the whole routine starts over again. It can take weeks.

    I’ve known factories that literally choose to shut the entire plant down and build a new one rather than try to sanitize the one they had.

    Listeria is no joke

  • Chozo@fedia.io
    1·
    30 days ago

    I think at this point it’s probably easier to just list which foods don’t have listeria these days.

  • Rekhyt@lemmy.world
    1·
    29 days ago

    Eggo brand were not affected. Here’s the list of store brands that are:

    • Aldi’s (Breakfast Best brand)
    • Dollar General (Clover Valley brand)
    • Food Lion
    • Giant Eagle
    • Hannaford
    • Harris Teeter
    • H-E-B
    • PriceChopper (PICS brand)
    • Publix
    • Schnucks
    • Southeastern Grocers
    • Target (Good & Gather brand)
    • Tops
    • Walmart (Great Value brand)

    Also these brands:

    • Foodhold
    • Kodiak Cakes (I’ve seen these at Stop & Shop)
    • Simple Truth
    • seth@lemmy.world
      2·
      27 days ago

      It’s also a list of brand equivalents, which is a helpful tool for shopping. They’re all made in the same place and just packaged differently, so comparing unit prices between different stores can give a basic idea of which stores tack on a lot more overhead than others.