Salmonella scare at local schools

Last night, parents with children in Shawnee Mission high schools received a scary phone call. Principals left a recorded message saying their schools had received a possibly salmonella-tainted product from one of its suppliers, US Food Services.

As soon as the schools received word, they threw away all of their Wells’ Blue Bunny Nutty Sunday ice cream cones, which had never been distributed as part of normal lunches but were only served in the cafeteria’s lunch a la carte area.

The product was also distributed at middle schools but not elementary schools. While salmonella poisoning isn’t pleasant at any age, it’s young children with less-developed immune systems who are at real risk of dying from it. So far, all fatalities from this salmonella outbreak have been adults.

Other Blue Bunny products that have been recalled include Bunny Track ice cream in personal containers (8 oz.) and half-gallons of the no-sugar-added reduced-fat version.