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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE — FEBRUARY 5, 2009 — HUCKLEBERRY HAVEN, INC. OF KALISPELL, MT IS VOLUNTARILY RECALLING THE CHOCOLATE COVERED PEANUTS THEY PACKAGE IN NOVELTY “POOP” BAGS, BECAUSE THE CHOCOLATE COVERED PEANUTS PACKAGED BY HUCKLEBERRY HAVEN, INC. HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BE CONTAMINATED WITH SALMONELLA. THE CHOCOLATE COVERED PEANUTS PACKAGED AS NOVELTY “POOP” WERE PACKAGED USING PEANUTS RECALLED BY PEANUT CORPORATION OF AMERICA. THE PEANUTS FROM PEANUT CORPORATION OF AMERICA HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BE CONTAMINATED WITH SALMONELLA. 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.
THE CHOCOLATE COVERED PEANUTS THAT MAY HAVE BEEN AFFECTED WERE PACKAGED IN RED, GREEN, BLACK, WHITE, OR BROWN PAPER BAGS AND CONTAIN 4 OUNCES OF CHOCOLATE COVERED PEANUTS. THE PRODUCT LABEL ON THE FRONT OF THE PACKAGE MAY READ: BEAR SCAT, BEAR POOP, MOOSE DROPPINGS, BUFFALO CHIPS, DEER DROPPINGS, DINO EGGS, COW PIES, COW PATTIES, FISH EGGS, DINO EGGS, OSPREY POOP, LIZARD EGGS, MONSTER EGGS, CHICKEN COOP POOP, PRAIRIE DOG PEBBLES OR CREW RATIONS.
UPC LABELS MAY BE FOUND ON THE FOLLOWING PACKAGES; BEAR SCAT (UPC=725901311801), FISH EGGS (UPC=725901311870), DEER DROPPINGS (UPC=725901311849), OSPREY POOP, (UPC=725901311917), LIZARD EGGS (UPC=725901311924), MONSTER EGGS (UPC=725901311931). PLEASE NOTE: NOT ALL PACKAGES WILL HAVE A UPC LABEL.
ALL POTENTIALLY AFFECTED CHOCOLATE COVERED PEANUT PACKAGES WILL HAVE A WHITE INGREDIENT LABEL WITH BLACK LETTERING FOR THE INGREDIENT AND ALLERGY INFORMATION AND PURPLE LETTERING FOR THE COMPANY INFORMATION LOCATED ON THE BOTTO
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