Once again: It only takes a few hundred times for things to sink in with the bureaucracy protecting public health in Australia.

Not the front-line workers, but the plutocracy in suits, fretting about their pensions, golden handshakes, and whether their kids will go to the best schools to meet the right people.

Food Standards Australia and New Zealand says Just Entrees Pty Ltd has recalled Brandy Port and Sage Pate, Cracked Pepper Pate and Chicken Liver Pate from Coles in NSW, ACT, QLD, VIC, TAS and NT due to Listeria monocytogenes contamination.

How was the Liseriai detected and by whom? Is anyone sick?

These are basics that are usually covered in U.S. and Canadian press notices written by highly paid press thingies.

Not so in Australia, diving for the lowest common denominator.