no one could have forseen this.

America has become a free market paradise.

The common factor in the recalled food items is cheese.

E coli is killed with sufficient temperature. Folks must only be "warming" their factory-produced food, instead of fully cooking/baking it.

But E-Coli can become heat resistant and a sustained temperature of 165 will be needed.

The food is precooked, just heating it is part of the convenience.

I need to clarify, cheese is the common ingredient in the recalled foods that most likely carried the E-Coli.

have stopped selling sprouts, all kinds, clover, alfalfa, etc because they believe there is a high danger of e coli

Can you believe it? no more sprouts, what the hell is going on here

they said they only carry canned sprouts now.

to grow your own sprouts... a mason jar with ring lid, piece of cheesecloth or similar and some seeds (or mung beans for bean sprouts). Just add water, rinse daily and you have the freshest sprouts to be found and no worries of ecoli. I do it and it is pretty inexpensive.

We need to get used to not having every fresh food item in our local stores since that trend will soon be going away.

Buy local, eat local

NOT food from food plants .....

Processed food isn't worth your hard earned money ....

This is another good article from food safety news:

http://www.foodsafetynews.com/2011/11/tests-show-most-store-honey-isnt-honey/#.UVdhAxn8X-Y

Start here: Men who eat a typical western diet are about 100 times more likely to die of prostate cancer than a Chinese farmer who eats little meat, no dairy, and lots of veggies.