Health authorities warn about tainted ice
By Stephen Smith, Globe Staff
Massachusetts health authorities urged consumers this evening not to consume ice distributed by Triumph Foods Inc. of Everett and sold under the brand names Tube Ice and Carlstadt Consumers Ice Co.
After receiving complaints, the state Department of Public Health tested ice from Triumph, discovering fine brown particles and fibrous matter. The health agency is continuing testing to determine the identity of the particles. So far, no illnesses have been attributed to the contaminated ice.
The tainted ice is packaged in five-pound plastic bags and was distributed at several retail outlets across the state. The health agency identified three outlets that had sold the ice: BJ's Wholesale Club, Stone's Retail Market in Abington, and the Massachusetts Avenue Sunoco Station in Boston.
Retailers with the ice still in stock should remove the product immediately, and consumers should discard it or return it to where they bought it, the state said.
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I found a foreign substance in ice cubes that I bought at Walgreens about a month and a half ago. I told the manager, but he told me he had no other complaints, so there was nothing he could do. Good guy. I can't remember the name of the ice, but I am pretty sure it was made in Everett Ma. I tried to call the 1-800- number on the bag, but a recording said they weren't taking calls right now, or something like that. It was a greenish, tannish color, and when the ice melted, it turned to liquid and disappeared.
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