[CH] WARNING---Exploding Sauce (More!)

Myron Menaker (myronm@bellsouth.net)
Wed, 12 Jan 2000 05:47:48 -0500

Here's that item on the exloding sauce:


          Filed at 3:05 a.m. EST

          By The Associated Press

          HONOLULU (AP) -- The state Department of Health has raised a
red
          flag about a locally popular hot sauce. 

          Health officials said certain batches of Tuong Ot Sriracha Hot
Chili
          Sauce can splatter upon opening, irritating the eyes and other
mucous
          membranes that come into contact with it. One injury has been
reported. 

          The problem is a result of excessive gas production within the
17-ounce
          and 28-ounce plastic bottles, the department said Tuesday. The
sauce is
          made by Huy Fong Foods Inc. of Rosemead, Calif. 

          Consumers were advised to discard unopened bottles of the
sauce
          bearing the codes H9TM, H9TA, H9TX, H9TW or H9TY, or to return
          the bottles to stores where they were purchased. 

          Huy Fong Foods voluntarily recalled the sauce in September
because the
          garlic used to make it began to ferment and form gases that
pressurized
          the contents of the bottle, health officials said. 

          Authorities said they continue to find recalled bottles still
in stores,
          prompting Tuesday's health advisory. 


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