Eggo Shortage

By Mackenzie Mathias

The Eggo factory in Atlanta Georgia is blaming the shortage of frozen waffles on heavy rainstorms that flooded the factory after health inspectors found a bacteria called Listeria that can cause serious infection. Listeria is a bacteria commonly found in food, plants, soil, stream water, and sewage. It is harmless for most people but can be harmful especially for pregnant woman, people with a weakened immune system, or newborn babies. Kellogg agreed to a recall on September 2 after 4,500 cases were reported. It was cleaned and sanitized. Oscar Garrison who is the assistant commissioner of consumer protection at the Georgia Department of health told ABC News “They wanted to be really comfortable that they got every potential source of Listeria. They wanted to do a thorough evaluation.” Kellogg hired private inspectors to look over everything in the factory and then let the state and federal investigators sign off that everything is fine and had been cleaned. In October of 2009 the factory reopened but has now been shutdown again due to weather. Hopefully it will soon reopen and the Eggo shortage will be finished!