The occurrence of these kinds of events appears to be increasing and we should plan a better system of notification. Using the discount card is not bad since grocer can probably tell who bought what, and that works fine for those people with a card. However, many people don't want the card and don't sign up for them, and some stores don't have these cards. So what then?
It will dampen the anticipation one has when choosing the fish, beef, pork for dinner if a large sign hanging over the counter urges you to complete or update a notification card or key in into the store's computer terminal so you can be promptly notified should it become necessary, but it may be a start at a better system.
Many problems attend such a simple minded approach - keeping addresses updated, having the store maintain the database, different languages, how persistent the effort to notify, and on and on.
In intent notification concerning tainted food is very much like a product recall for a defective infant car seat. But tainted food usually has an acute consequence and a built in time limitation whereas a defective car seat has only a potential consequence. So a system similar to what is triggered when a child's toy is found to be potentially dangerous is probably inadequate.
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The occurrence of these kinds of events appears to be increasing and we should plan a better system of notification. Using the discount card is not bad since grocer can probably tell who bought what, and that works fine for those people with a card. However, many people don't want the card and don't sign up for them, and some stores don't have these cards. So what then? It will dampen the anticipation one has when choosing the fish, beef, pork for dinner if a large sign hanging over the counter urges you to complete or update a notification card or key in into the store's computer terminal so you can be promptly notified should it become necessary, but it may be a start at a better system. Many problems attend such a simple minded approach - keeping addresses updated, having the store maintain the database, different languages, how persistent the effort to notify, and on and on. In intent notification concerning tainted food is very much like a product recall for a defective infant car seat. But tainted food usually has an acute consequence and a built in time limitation whereas a defective car seat has only a potential consequence. So a system similar to what is triggered when a child's toy is found to be potentially dangerous is probably inadequate.