On Aug 1, 3:19 pm, "JoeSpareBedroom" <dishborea...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> "Dave Smith" <adavidsm...@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
>
> news:46B0E91F.59CE7D00@sympatico.ca...
>
> > JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
>
> >> Thanks for not mentioning the brand name on that can. This makes your
> >> message almost less than useful.
>
> > Why would it matter? It may have been an old can. Canneries can food under
> > a variety of labels, so a product with one label could possibly come from
> > the same batch as cans bearing a different label. It could have just been
> > one can out of a batch that was improperly sealed.
>
> > I think the important message there is that when you open a can and find
> > it
> > pressurized you are well advised not to use it.
> > ..... regardless of the brand name label on it.
>
> Here's a hypothetical news announcement. I suspect the question I ask
> afterward will befuddle or perhaps enrage you.
>
> "The FDA announced the recall of 2.5 million cans of olives, after 3 cans
> were found to contain botulism. The agency declined to reveal the brand
> name, saying it didn't seem important".
>
> Are you OK with that? Sounds like it would be fine with you.

I'm glad that was hypothetical. Canned black olives are one of the
things I buy in cans. I love 'em as a pizza topping.

--Bryan