Pot Pie Problem

Source | The Associated Press

ConAgra Foods Inc. has asked U.S. stores to stop selling Banquet pot pies linked to a salmonella outbreak and is offering refunds for the turkey and chicken-filled products.

The Omaha, Nebraska-based company and the U.S. Department of Agriculture had defended their decision Wednesday not to recall the product, saying they were safe if cooked according to package instructions.

In Canada, officials at grocery chains Sobeys, Loblaws and Safeway said they do not sell Banquet pot pies.

The pies have been linked to at least 152 cases of salmonella in 31 states. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said at least 20 people have been hospitalized as part of the ongoing outbreak, but so far no deaths have been linked to the pies.