Food recalls

[ElsieD]

3 hours ago, Maison Rustique said:

 

Not sure. I thought of this when I saw the ginormous bags of pistachios, candies with them, etc. at Costco the other day.

I was at Costco the other day and saw a lot of edibles with pistachios.  With all the pistachio warnings, I wondered who was buying the stuff.  The warnings against pistachios have been unrelenting, and I trust no pistachio products.

[gfweb]

3 hours ago, ElsieD said:

I was at Costco the other day and saw a lot of edibles with pistachios.  With all the pistachio warnings, I wondered who was buying the stuff.  The warnings against pistachios have been unrelenting, and I trust no pistachio products.

 

Not below the border. Curious.

[blue_dolphin]

16 hours ago, gfweb said:

Why is it only Canadian pistachios?  Don't US ones come from the same trees?

 

36 minutes ago, gfweb said:

 

Not below the border. Curious.

 

I agree it does seem rather odd.  There was a recall of pistachio cream in the US early in the summer but nothing since. It was a rather limited issue with few affected. 
 

The US is the world’s largest producer of pistachios (followed by Iran and Turkey, I believe) and the largest exporter but we also import them, presumably from the same places as Canada so you’d think there might be some of the same issues here. 

[Darienne]

So I googled Crown Pastries, the sole source of contaminated pistachios in  the last food recalls :

 

 

Crown Pastries sources its pistachios from "Pistachios Land", a term they use to refer to the origin of the high-quality nuts used in their products. While their marketing uses this general phrase, Crown Pastries is an authentic Syrian bakery with deep roots in Aleppo, Syria, and they likely import pistachios that align with the traditional Middle Eastern standards, possibly from major producing countries like the United States  (specifically California), Iran, or Turkey, which are the top global producers and suppliers to the Canadian market. 

Specific details on the exact supplier or farm are not publicly disclosed, but the company emphasizes using premium, high-quality pistachios as a core part of their authentic recipes. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited 2 hours ago by Darienne (log)

[ElsieD]

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Pistachio warnings from Health Canada, as far as I could see, started in September.  I just did a quick count of the alerts and there have been over 50, which is why I was so surprised to see so much of it on the Costco shelves.

[Darienne]

Went to this website https://inspection.canada.ca/en/inspection-and-enforcement/food-safety-investigations/pistachio-recall-salmonella and found the many...MANY!!!...recalls.  However, nary a word about the origins of this enormous boatload of pistachios is included.  I find this a bit strange.