Maybe next they will say that they developed a new program for controlling Listeria called HACCP.

I find it incredible that during the whole Maple Leaf Foods Listeriosis outbreak coverage (starting August 17, 2008), I have not read or heard it mentioned that Sara Lee Corporation (Bil Mar Foods) killed 21 people in December 1998. Ten years ago! Six of those were fetuses, which some people don't count, so I guess Maple Leaf Foods holds the record.Sara Lee recalled 15 million pounds of hotdogs and deli meat and the recall cost them $76 million dollars.They were charged and pled guilty to producing and distributing an adulterated product (strict liability). The Justice Department did not lay charges for murder because they did not think that they could prove intent. Sara Lee established a company-wide Food Safety and Technology Department.Ten years later, not to warn the high-risk consumer (elderly, pregnant and immune compromised) and not to test the product and hold it until the results are available is to me reckless disregard for the safety of others (intent) or at least manslaughter (carelessness). We know that Listeria multiplies at refrigerated temperatures and that the death rate is 25 percent.Maybe, as the experts predicted in August, "after a short while, the consumers will forget about it ... they've got a very short memory".