Recalled Chobani yogurt was sold in Wisconsin stores

Source: Milwaukee Journal SentinelSept.自存倉 05--Calling it a "voluntary recall," Chobani is pulling Greek yogurt from store shelves because of mold at the Idaho plant where it was produced. The mold caused the yogurt to go bad before its expiration date.Initial information indicated Wisconsin stores weren't affected by the recall, but consumers told the Journal Sentinel that they had purchased the bad Chobani yogurt in Wisconsin grocery stores. At least one store now confirms that.The affected yogurt has production code 16-012 and an expiration date of Sept. 11 through Oct. 7, 2013. No other Chobani products are involved, the company said.Chobani still has not said how many yogurts were affected, which flavors or where they were sold. The company asked retailers to pull the affected yogurts from shelves starting last week, saying consumers complained of bulging lids on their yogurt.Gary Suokko, chief operating officer at Piggly Wiggly, confirmed that the chain had some of the affected Chobani yogurts at its 97 stores in Wisconsin, but that all of them had been pulled from shelves."We did send a recall notice to our stores and ask them to pull that product," Suokko said Thursday. "They should be off all the Piggly Wiggly shelves."He said the Chobani Flips, Bites and Champions series were affected, but not the most popular regular 6-ounce Chobani cups. Customers who purchased the affected products at Piggly Wiggly can bring them back to the store for a refund, he said.Chobani has asked consumers who purchased the bad yogurts to contact the company to get replacements or refunds, either via the company's website, .chobani.com/care or by emailing care@chobani.com.Roundy's spokesman Jim Hyland initially told the Journal Sentinel on Tuesday that the chain checked its products and that its supply came from a different manufacturing plant than the one in Idaho that had a mold problem. Consequently, Roundy products were not affected, he said.Hyland said Thursday that the chain had received another notification from Chobani to check its shelves for the recalled items and that its quality assurance team was checking shelves again.Chobani officials initially stopped short of calling it a recall, saying the yogurt was pulled for "quality" reasons rather than food safety. Chobani founder Hamdi Ulukaya changed the tone on that Thursday and apologized on the company's website for the "voluntary recall.""I'm sorry we let you down," he wrote. "I take it very seriously and personally when w迷你倉新蒲崗 don't deliver for our fans and consumers. We recently identified mold in a limited amount of product that came from our Idaho facility. While this type of mold is common in the dairy environment, particularly when using only natural ingredients that are absent of artificial preservatives, it's still unacceptable to me and all of our yogurt makers."The company said eating the bad yogurt is "unlikely" to cause health problems."While this type of mold is unlikely to have ill health effects, due to some claims of illness the company has decided to go from voluntarily withdrawing to voluntarily recalling the limited amount of potentially affected product," the company said on its blog Thursday.The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has said they're monitoring the situation and checking out reports of illnesses caused by contaminated products.More than 95% of the affected yogurt has been identified and pulled from store shelves so far, according to a message on the company's website. The mold affected less than 5% of Chobani's production, the company said earlier this week.The company has promised to provide continuous updates on its website, but the site was slammed with high traffic Thursday morning, causing a database that prompted the founder's message to pop up when customers accessed the website.Several readers contacted the Public Investigator, saying they purchased Chobani yogurts in multiple chains of grocery stores in Wisconsin."Had this happen last week," one reader wrote in a comment. "Was their Flips-yogurt and mix-ins. Had a spoon of it and it made my tongue bubbly feeling. guess I will be giving Chobani a ring."A woman in the Milwaukee area also said she bought three yogurts with "bubbly tops."Another reader said they purchased some of the bad yogurt in Madison."I just bought a small 4-pack a couple of days ago," the reader wrote. "Both the top and bottom of the packages started bulging. Had eaten one before the bulging started and it did have the tingly flavor, as well. Just threw it out... Called the store's dairy manager and he was not aware of the issue, but said he would check it out."Did you purchase the bad yogurt, and where? Send us an email or give us a call.For more consumer stories, visit the Public Investigator blog at jsonline.com/piblog.Facebook: fb.me/GitteLaasbyPageTwitter: @GitteLaasbyMJSCopyright: ___ (c)2013 the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Visit the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel at .jsonline.com Distributed by MCT Information Services迷你倉出租