CONTACT: DAVID BURKE 920-336-7549
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE — GREEN BAY, WI – (JANUARY 30, 2009) – EILLIEN’S CANDIES INC. IS CONDUCTING A VOLUNTARY RECALL OF THE PRODUCTS LISTED BELOW. THIS VOLUNTARY RECALL IS BEING CONDUCTED AS A PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE DUE TO THE FACT THAT THE PRODUCTS INVOLVED CONTAIN PEANUTS WHICH ARE SUBJECT TO THE EXPANDED RECALL OF PRODUCTS PRODUCED BY PEANUT CORPORATION OF AMERICA’S (PCA) BLAKELY, GEORGIA FACILITY. THIS PCA FACILITY IS THE SUBJECT OF AN INVESTIGATION BY THE U.S. FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION (FDA) CONCERNING A RECENT SALMONELLA OUTBREAK.
BURNT PEANUTS:
EILLIEN’S 2.5OZ BURNT PEANUTS UPC 34952-00811 EILLIEN’S 7OZ BURNT PEANUTS UPC 34952-00501 BLAINS FARM & FLEET 16OZ BURNT PEANUTS UPC 34952-81104 ECONO PAC 8OZ BURNT PEANUTS UPC 34952-12270 FIRST CHOICE 5OZ BURNT PEANUTS UPC 34952-12839 MILLS FLEET FARM 16OZ BURNT PEANUTS UPC 34952-35485 SUPREME CHOICE 9OZ BURNT PEANUTS UPC 34952-57045 PRIMROSE 25# BURNT PEANUTS ITEM# 400820
BRIDGE MIX:
EILLIEN’S 5OZ BRIDGE MIX UPC 34952-13532 EILLIEN’S 6OZ BRIDGE MIX UPC 34952-13600 EILLIEN’S 10OZ BRIDGE MIX UPC 34952-12193 EILLIEN’S 12OZ BRIDGE MIX UPC 34952-56198 EILLIEN’S 16OZ BRIDGE MIX UPC 34952-56073 EILLIEN’S 16OZ BRIDGE MIX UPC 34952-55100 EILLIEN’S 1LB 5OZ BRIDGE MIX UPC 34952-57042 FIRST CHOICE 3.5OZ BRIDGE MIX UPC 34952-12851 BLAINS FARM & FLEET 15OZ BRIDGE MIX UPC 34952-81174 BLAINS FARM & FLEET 2LB 4OZ BRIDGE MIX UPC 34952-81775 MILLS FLEET FARM 14OZ BRIDGE MIX UPC 34952-35861 MILLS FLEET FARM 15OZ BRIDGE MIX UPC 34952-35824 ROYAL SNACKS 13.5OZ BRIDGE MIX UPC 34952-56944 SUPREME CHOICE 14OZ BRIDGE MIX UPC 34952-56847 ZACHARY 30# BRIDGE MIX ITEM# 400549
HARVEST MIX:
EILLIEN’S 15OZ HARVEST MIX UPC 34952-12505 EILLIEN’S 1LB 4OZ HARVEST MIX UPC 34952-55622 BLAINS FARM & FLEET 1LB 4OZ HARVEST MIX UPC 34952-81469 MILLS FLEET FARM 1LB 5OZ HARVEST MIX UPC 34952-35639
DARK CHOCOLATE PEANUTS:
MILLS FLEET FARM 14OZ DARK CHOCOLATE PEANUTS UPC 34952-35801 BLAINS FARM & FLEET 14OZ DARK CHOCOLATE PEANUTS UPC 34952-81786 ZACHARY 30# DARK CHOCOLATE PEANUTS ITEM# 409920
30OZ BASKET OF CHOCOLATES UPC 034952-56983
2LB 9.5OZ HALLOWEEN PARTY TRAY UPC 34952-81819
80OZ HOLIDAY CHOCOLATE TRAY UPC 034952-56496 33OZ DARK / LIGHT CHOCOLATE TRAY UPC 034952-56831
BLAINS FARM & FLEET DARK/LIGHT CHOCOLATE TRAY UPC 34952-81822
THE ABOVE PRODUCTS CAN BE FOUND IN DRUG STORES, CONVENIENCE STORES, GROCERY STORES, AND MASS MERCHANTS NATIONWIDE.
THE PRODUCT LISTED ABOVE SHOULD NOT BE CONSUMED, BUT RATHER RETURNED TO THE STORE FOR A REFUND OR EXCHANGE.
THIS RECALL AFFECTS ALL PRODUCTS WITH A SELL BY DATE PRIOR TO 1/31/10.
SALMONELLA IS AN ORGANISM THAT 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.
EILLIEN’S CANDIES, INC. HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY CONSUMER OR CUSTOMER COMPLAINTS ON THIS PRODUCT AND THERE HAVE BEEN NO REPORTED ILLNESSES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS PRODUCT.
CONSUMERS WHO MAY HAVE QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS CAN CALL EILLIEN’S CANDIES AT 920-336-7549.
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