Bakery and Snacks reported this morning that in November, General Mills recalled over 400,000 products, after fearing that the E. coli O157:H7 strain found its way into pepperoni meat used on Totino and Jeno pizzas.

General Mills said nine of 21 people in 10 states reported having eaten Totino’s or Jeno’s pizza with pepperoni topping at some point before becoming ill, although all recovered from the illness later on.
The recall hit the Pillsbury USA ranges particularly hard, as net sales for the division fell two per cent.

The International Food Safety Network has started to load videos on  YouTube, as a prelude to the on-line cooking show planned for next year, Live … From the Safe Food Café.

The first, entitled E. coli O157:H7 and Pizza, covers the recent E. coli O157:H7 outbreak and subsequent recall of Totinos and Jeno’s frozen pizzas. More videos will be uploaded soon, so keep an eye out, or subscribe to our YourTube profile “SafeFoodCafe.”