Frozen pizzas recalled

There is another recall of tainted products to report. This time it’s not toys. It’s frozen pizza that could be contaminated with dangerous e-coli bacteria.

Five million frozen pizzas have been pulled from store shelves. But check your freezer at home, because tens of millions more of the now-recalled Totino’s and Jeno’s pizzas have already been sold.

The trouble started in Tennessee, where eight people were sickened by e-coli starting back in July. The most recent illness was reported early last month.

Now, there are at least 21 victims in 10 states, all with the same strain of e-coli. Nearly half of them report eating the now-recalled pizzas.

The CDC says eight of the victims have been hospitalized, and four have developed a type of kidney failure. The common link: pepperoni. Though tests still haven’t confirmed the pepperoni is tainted.

General Mills says it found no e-coli in its plant, or in its product, but issued the recall in the interest of consumer safety.

One thing is baffling to health officials: if the pizzas were properly cooked, the e-coli should have been killed.

Since people started getting sick 120 million of the now-recalled pizzas have been produced. The company says if you have one, just throw it away.