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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE — LANCASTER COUNTY, PA (JANUARY 30, 2009) – TURKEY HILL DAIRY OF LANCASTER COUNTY, PA, IS VOLUNTARILY RECALLING SIX SELECT ICE CREAM AND FROZEN YOGURT ITEMS BECAUSE THE PRODUCTS CONTAIN INGREDIENTS THAT HAVE BEEN VOLUNTARILY RECALLED BY OUR SUPPLIERS.
TURKEY HILL’S RECALLED PRODUCTS CONTAIN PEANUT PIECES SOLD BY PEANUT CORPORATION OF AMERICA (PCA), THE CURRENT FOCUS OF AN ONGOING SALMONELLA INVESTIGATION BY THE UNITED STATES FOOD & DRUG ADMINISTRATION (FDA). ON JANUARY 28, THE FDA EXPANDED ITS INVESTIGATION TO INCLUDE ALL PEANUTS PROCESSED BY THE PCA AT ITS PLANT IN BLAKELY, GA, SINCE JANUARY 1, 2007, INCLUDING DRY AND OIL-ROASTED PEANUTS, GRANULATED PEANUTS AND PEANUT MEAL, IN ADDITION TO PEANUT BUTTER AND PEANUT PASTE, WHICH WERE THE INITIAL FOCUS OF THE INVESTIGATION.
SALMONELLA IS AN ORGANISM WHICH CAN CAUSE SERIOUS AND SOMETIMES FATAL INFECTIONS IN YOUNG CHILDREN, FRAIL OR ELDERLY PEOPLE, AND OTHERS WITH WEAKENED IMMUNE SYSTEMS. HEALTHY PERSONS INFECTED WITH SALMONELLA OFTEN EXPERIENCE FEVER, DIARRHEA (WHICH MAY BE BLOODY), NAUSEA, VOMITING AND ABDOMINAL PAIN. IN RARE CIRCUMSTANCES, INFECTION WITH SALMONELLA CAN RESULT IN THE ORGANISM GETTING INTO THE BLOODSTREAM AND PRODUCING MORE SEVERE ILLNESSES SUCH AS ARTERIAL INFECTIONS (I.E., INFECTED ANEURYSMS), ENDOCARDITIS AND ARTHRITIS.
THIS RECALL DOES NOT INCLUDE ANY TURKEY HILL PRODUCTS INCLUDING PEANUT BUTTER. TURKEY HILL PRODUCTS DO NOT INCLUDE ANY PEANUT BUTTER OR PEANUT PASTE PRODUCED BY THE PEANUT CORPORATION OF AMERICA (PCA), THE INITIAL FOCUS OF THE FDA’S INVESTIGATION.
TURKEY HILL IS VOLUNTARILY RECALLING SIX ITEMS FOLLOWING THE FDA’S EXPANDED INVESTIGATION. THESE PRODUCTS HAVE BEEN DISTRIBUTED TO GROCERY, FOOD AND CONVENIENCE STORES IN CONNECTICUT, DELAWARE, FLORIDA, ILLINOIS, INDIANA, KENTUCKY, MAINE, MARYLAND, MASSACHUSETTS, MICHIGAN, MISSOURI, NEW HAMPSHIRE, NEW JERSEY, NEW YORK, NORTH CAROLINA, OHIO, PENNSYLVANIA, RHODE ISLAND, TENNESSEE, VERMONT, VIRGINIA, WASHINGTON, DC AND WEST VIRGINIA.
THE FOLLOWING PRODUCTS ARE AFFECTED BY THE RECALL:
TURKEY HILL TIN ROOF SUNDAE PREMIUM ICE CREAM CONTAINER SIZE: 1.5 QUARTS UPC CODE: 0-20735-11013-3 FROM SELL BY CODE: 08/09/2009 TO 01/20/2010
TURKEY HILL CHOCOLATE NUTTY MOOSE TRACKS® STUFF’D CONTAINER SIZE: PINT UPC CODE:  0-20735-42080-5 FROM SELL BY CODE: 10/09/2009 TO 01/19/2010
TURKEY HILL CHOCOLATE NUTTY MOOSE TRACKS® LIGHT RECIPE ICE CREAM CONTAINER SIZE: 1.5 QUARTS  UPC CODE:  0-20735-12122-1 FROM SELL BY CODE: 08/05/2009 TO 01/06/2010
TURKEY HILL NUTTY CARAMEL CARIBOU® FROZEN YOGURT CONTAINER SIZE: 1.5 QUARTS UPC CODE: 0-20735-12505-2 FROM SELL BY CODE: 11/25/2009 TO 12/19/2009
TURKEY HILL PEANUT BRITTLE NO SUGAR ADDED RECIPE ICE CREAM CONTAINER SIZE: 1.5 QUARTS UPC CODE: 0-20735-13506-8 FROM SELL BY CODE: 01/01/2008 TO 12/12/2009
TURKEY HILL PEANUT BUTTER MANIA LIGHT RECIPE® ICE CREAM CONTAINER SIZE: 1.5 QUARTS UPC CODE: 0-20735-12116-0 FROM SELL BY CODE: 01/01/2008 TO 01/06/2010
“TURKEY HILL IS COMMITTED TO OUR CUSTOMERS AND PRODUCING THE HIGHEST QUALITY PRODUCTS, WHICH IS WHY WE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THIS SITUATION AND HAVE TAKEN THESE PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES.” SAID TURKEY HILL PRESIDENT QUINTIN FREY. IF YOU HAVE CONCERNS OR QUESTIONS, PLEASE CONTACT TURKEY HILL AT 1-800-MY-DAIRY (1-800-693-2479) OR E-MAIL OUR CUSTOMER RELATIONS DEPARTMENT AT [email protected]” THE COMPANY HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY CONSUMER ILLNESS COMPLAINTS ABOUT THESE PRODUCTS, HOWEVER WE ARE TAKING THIS PRECAUTIONARY STEP TO SAFEGUARD OUR CUSTOMERS AND CONSUMERS.   CONSUMERS POSSESSING ANY OF THE PRODUCTS LISTED ABOVE ARE ASKED TO RETURN THEM TO THE PLACE OF PURCHASE FOR A FULL REFUND OR DISPOSE OF THEM IMMEDIATELY. 
TURKEY HILL MOOSE TRACKS® LIGHT RECIPE ICE CREAM IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL.
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