Delirium over pistachio chocolate bars
Posting about chocolate bars below reminded me: I stopped by the local Jean Coutu a couple of days ago, and saw they had a small display holder with three kinds of chocolate bars – quite small ones – one of them pistachio and kataifi, like the trendy bars of the moment (although somewhat undercut by recent news of salmonella) – at the individual price of $19.99.
The Canadian recall of pistachio products is current, so I wonder why the store felt OK about selling them.
Nicholas 13:42 on 2025-08-16 Permalink
Was it the same brands, or from the same factories? If it’s the same, absolutely, off the shelves, they should be reported, but if romaine lettuce from Arizona that’s sold in Quebec has E. coli, you wouldn’t blame someone for selling romaine lettuce from California.
Kate 15:01 on 2025-08-16 Permalink
I didn’t get a photo, but it was not the brand sold in gold‑coloured boxes that the fruiterie had been selling (and which looked luxe, almost worth $20). These were small, wrapped in plastic and looked like ordinary cheap granola bars. I’ve no idea whether they’re on a list.
MarcG 07:14 on 2025-08-17 Permalink
The pistachios ended up in these Baklava too https://recalls-rappels.canada.ca/en/alert-recall/andalos-brand-pastry-products-recalled-due-salmonella
MarcG 10:10 on 2025-08-17 Permalink
What does it say about our food system that it took 10 days from the time the source material was determined to be harmful to recalling those Baklava?
Ian 07:38 on 2025-08-19 Permalink
I’m pretty impressed, actually.
MarcG 08:14 on 2025-08-19 Permalink
It’s not like the pistachios are a virus that spread and mutate – there was a batch of them somewhere that had a problem and they were sold to people. So check the sales records, where are they now? Contact those people. Makes me think that there were many, many resellers touching those nuts (lol) between the source and the baker for it to take 10 days to track them down.
MarcG 08:06 on 2025-08-22 Permalink
Another baklava recall. I don’t think that all of these pistachios are from the same batch, they seem to be like enoki mushrooms, sesame seeds (tahini) and pumpkin seeds which for whatever reason are regularly recalled due to Salmonella contamination.