CONTACT: MICHAEL USSERY 407-843-8141
TROPICAL NUT AND FRUIT OF ORLANDO, FL IS VOLUNTARILY RECALLING 5, 10 AND 30 POUND PACKAGES OF GRANULATED PEANUTS BECAUSE THE GRANULATED PEANUTS WERE MANUFACTURED BY PEANUT CORPORATION OF AMERICA (PCA) AT ITS BLAKELY, GA PLANT AND HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BE CONTAMINATED WITH SALMONELLA, 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 RECALLED GRANULATED PEANUTS WERE DISTRIBUTED IN THE SOUTHEASTERN US TO DISTRIBUTORS AND RETAILERS. TROPICAL LAST RECEIVED GRANULATED PEANUTS FROM PCA ON AUGUST 6, 2008.
CUSTOMERS WITH QUESTIONS CAN CALL CUSTOMER SERVICE AT 1-800-749-8869 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION OR DETAILS REGARDING THIS ISSUE.
THE PRODUCT BEING RECALLED WAS SOLD IN A 30 POUND CASES (TROPICAL ITEM NUMBER 13060) THAT CAME FROM PEANUT CORPORATION OF AMERICA WITH THE MANUFACTURER’S LOT NUMBERS BEGINNING WITH 7, 8 OR 9. IT WAS ALSO SOLD IN WHITE CASES LABELED WITH FOLLOWING ITEM NUMBERS AND LOT NUMBERS:
ITEM # 13060-10 GRANULATED PEANUTS 10# CASE — UPC 10015196130605 LOTS: 010908 041608 041708 042408 042508 061708 070208 070308 070808 071008 071408 072108 072208 080408 080708
ITEM # 13060-5 GRANULATED PEANUTS 5# CASE — UPC 20015196130602 LOTS: 122807 012508 042508 051308 061608 063008 071408 072808 082508 091508
ITEM # 83928 GRANULATED PEANUTS 4/2.5# BAGS — UPC 10015196838287 LOTS: 011608 081108 91508
ITEM # 99PRD012087 (SAME AS 13060-10 GRANULATED PEANUTS 042508 — UPC 10015196130605 10# CASE ABOVE) LOTS: 042408 070308 070808
THERE ARE NO KNOWN CASES WHERE THE PRODUCTS AT ISSUE IN THIS RECALL (I.E., GRANULATED PEANUTS) HAVE BEEN CONTAMINATED WITH SALMONELLA. NO ILLNESSES HAVE BEEN REPORTED TO DATE IN CONNECTION WITH THESE PRODUCTS.
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