Berry mix linked to hepatitis A outbreak

Berries are pretty easy to freeze at home, it might be a way of feeling more safe about what you're getting. In the summer when local growers are in full swing, you can pick your own, especially from organic or lower chemical growers, wash them, and let them air dry. Then place in a single layer on a cookie sheet or baking dish and freeze. When frozen solid, place in freezer bags. I use food saver or ziplock vacuum bags. They make nice flat packets if you lay the larger type bag on its side and vac it closed. They stack well in the freezer. I just got a case and a half of organic blueberries from Whole Foods for $1.99 a pint and did up most of them this way.

I just bought a 4 pound bag of frozen mixed berries from Costco but it has the Kirkland label. Hopefully not the same batch.

WyoTraveler wrote:
Here we were in WA & I picked up the mixed frozen berries & put them in the basket. DW always has last word which was. "No, we don't over pay for organic". So back in the Costco freezer case. So yesterday DW reminded me insecticide kills bugs.

I don't mind paying a bit extra for organic, especially for the "dirty dozen". I don't consider it overpaying. Chemical pesticides and fertilizers yield more produce, and organic methods while eliminating the chemicals, sacrifices a bit. For me, it's an acceptable trade off. It's not overpaying or overpriced, just market value. Sort of like, you can buy cheaper stuff from foreign manufacturers with different economic factors, or you can buy local from people operating under different market forces than the manufscturers of the cheaper stuff. The end products can turn out to be very different in terms of quality and safety.
Hep A usually comes directly from an infected person so it will be interesting to see how this filters out.

romore wrote:
I have yet to meet your wife and I like her already.:B DW buys that brand of berries but not that particular mix.

We always buy the mixed at Billings Costco. Just not the organic. I just missed the label.

I have yet to meet your wife and I like her already.:B DW buys that brand of berries but not that particular mix.

Here we were in WA & I picked up the mixed frozen berries & put them in the basket. DW always has last word which was. "No, we don't over pay for organic". So back in the Costco freezer case. So yesterday DW reminded me insecticide kills bugs.