STAND-UP BY REPORTER FOR 15 SECS...INFRONT OF SIGN ADVERTISING CAMBELL SOUPS. THEN EXTERIOR VIEWS OF PLANT IN PARIS, TEXAS THAT PRODUCED CONTAMINATED SOUP. CU OF CAMPBELL CANS AND GROCER CHECKING CANS FOR NUMBERS OF AFFECTED LOT. EXTERIOR OF MARKET AND SHOT OF EMPTY SHELF WHERE CANS WHERE WERE REMOVED. CU'S OF LABEL MARKINGS ON SHELF. NATSOF INVU WITH GROCER WHO SAYS HE DOESN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO BECAUSE HE HAS BEEN TOLD NOTHING.




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REPORTER: CATHY MACKIN
TELERECORDING

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Background: THE MULTI-NATIONAL CAMPBELL SOUP COMPANY ANNOUNCED SUNDAY THAT IT WAS RECALLING ALL OF ITS PARIS, TEXAS OUTPUT OF CHICKEN AND VEGETABLE SOUP FOLLOWING DISCOVERY OF BOTULISM CONTAMINATION IN PART OF THE DAY'S PRODUCTION THERE. MORE THAN 230 THOUSAND CANS OF SOUP DISTRIBUTED IN MORE THAN 10 STATES WILL HAVE TO BE LOCATED AN DESTROYED.