It's been a little over a week, and the canned chili botulism scare is still in full force in some areas of the country. This week, I read several reports on retailers who still had not pulled the affected products from store shelves.

The signs are starting to poke through though, as some cans are so filled with expanding bacteria that they are literally bursting on the shelf. That ought to get someone's attention, yes?

In a state of the art society like the one in the U.S., word must take more than a week when a food poisoning scare starts for things to be taken care of. Happy joy.

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In the first commercial case in a long while of a canned product recall due to botulism food poisoning bacteria, some popular brands of hot dog sauce (a little different than hot dog chili) have been recalled.

The brands include Castleberry's, Austex and Kroger brands of hot dog sauce in the 10-ounce size. Two children in Texas has become very ill when the botulism was discovered. It's extremely rare to find it in canned products, and there has not been a case stemming from a canned food in the U.S. in decades.

Check your pantries and see if you have any of the offending cans. The "Best Buy" dates stamped in the cans will be from April 30, 2009 to May 22, 2009. My my, there must be some hefty preservatives in there!

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