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Remember: Don’t eat poop! 💩

In this episode of Don’t Eat Poop!, our hosts Matt and Francine are talking about a Listeria outbreak in Canada that was traced back to Silk and Great Value brand plant-based milk, both produced in the same Danone Canada facility.

Tune in as they make sense of what went wrong, talk about the consequences of such a recall, and educate us about Listeria.

They also tackle the risks of raw milk, as well as the logistics behind it.

💩 [01:21] Conferences that are coming up

💩 [03:20] Silk and Great Value plant-based milk recall in Canada

💩 [06:03] How did this outbreak happen?

💩 [10:38] The importance of testing for Listeria in your facility

💩 [14:19] 5 things you didn’t know (but need to know) about Listeria

💩 [18:37] The raw milk issue

“I would rather know I have Listeria in my facility and be actively trying to get rid of it, than all of a sudden having the FDA knocking on my door saying ‘Hey, 9 people were confirmed sick and the epidemiology is looking to your facility’.” – Matthew Regusci

“Every week, there's a recall. I guess that's good and bad, good they're catching it and doing the recalls, bad that there are so many, it seems.” – Francine L Shaw

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