Leggo that Eggo

The national shortage of the popular Eggo brand waffles will continue, Battle Creek based Kellogg Company CEO David Mackay told investors on Wednesday.

The frozen waffles have been missing from shelves since a flood in the company’s Atlanta processing facility required the building to be shut down, reports the Battle Creek Enquirer. While that issue has been resolved, the company is battling additional issues with renovations at a plant in Tennessee, where half of the Eggo supply are produced. MacKay told investors the supply could normalize by early summer.

But the flooding and renovation issues are not the only problems facing Kellogg and the frozen breakfast food. On Tuesday, the Food and Drug Administration released a copy of a letter it sent to Jan. 27 to the company. That letter outlined a series of issues with safety and food handling happening at the Atlanta plant. The investigation by the FDA was spurred on by the discovery of Listeria bacteria in the food by Georgia food safety inspectors in Aug. The letter outlines discoveries by FDA inspectors found during an October inspection.

The findings? Here’s how the Battle Creek Enquirer reported them:

Employees were seen using high-pressure water to clean equipment near exposed, raw food.

They found an uncovered trash container about six inches from exposed raw materials and condensation drippage above production areas.

One employee was observed touching his nose and mustache, and then not using sanitizer or re-washing his hands before returning to the work area. Others were caught putting on shoe covers after washing their hands and touching finished product surfaces without wearing gloves.

Leggo that Eggo indeed.