date:Apr 08, 2013
of the contamination.
A product recall first issued last week was expanded Thursday to include all food produced at the company's Waycross, Ga., plant. Its frozen snacks, cheesesteak sandwiches, and the like are sold nationwide.
Weidmann also wasn't surprised to hear that frozen food could harbor E. coli. We store a lot of microbes in the lab, he says. The easiest way is at minus 80 degrees.
But while freezing doesn't defeat pathogens, heat will.
Bacteria die if they're heated to 165F. Cook