Listeria company 'playing media games'

The Australian: Listeria company 'playing media games' :

"South Australian Health Minister John Hill today accused Conroy's Smallgoods of 'playing a media game' but warned it would not convince the state Health Department to approve the resumption of smallgoods production."

Bit harsh. A lot harsh for this time of the year and given the circumstances. Nippys and Garibaldis found themselves in the same situation. Food gets contaminated. People worry. When they are household names and names they have relied upon , then those companies are talking to us as they would to family. We support and buy their goods and have done so for years. They need to explain to us and we need to be included in the loop. They have to talk to the media everyday and these days people use media consultants. This is rather unfair. Conroys is a big company we are very familiar with. We need to know what is going on. They are going through a process to clean up the factory. If the stuff cannot be destroyed...they have removed the equipment. Truth is, listeria is probably in many of the small goods we eat. It is hugely persistent and in our current humid conditions it would be even more persistent. We have prime conditions for mould, bacteria, germs...so the message is clear...we all need to be vigilant with our food hygiene. Nobody wants Conroys in business again before it passes health tests, but as one of our companies, like the other two, hearing about what is happening engenders confidence. What did people do in the olden days? We must have eaten bad food and salting, drying , smoking and sulphuring were ways of preserving. Organic food is organic. We can only be as perfect as we can be...and we can be human, which does not mean irresponsible. It means talking to people.