Pistachio Problems
Aw, nuts! Here we go again! Now they’re telling us to avoid all foods with pistachios. As if the national salmonella outbreak due to contaminated peanut product wasn’t enough. This is beginning to have the feel of a nightmare you can’t awaken from. On the plus side, if there is a plus side to all this, the FDA and the central California-based pistachio processor where these nuts originated from have been pro-active by issuing consumer warnings and voluntarily recalling a large portion of the at risk nuts. Reportedly the FDA was alerted to the possible salmonella contamination by complaints from two people of gastrointestinal illness after ingesting the nuts, and even though the connection hasn’t been confirmed, the pistachio plant shut down processing. In lieu of the fact that