Marin Food Specialties Recalls Various Nuggets and Peanut Butter Cookies: Salmonella

February 11, 2009 By The FDA Leave a Comment

CONTACT: FRED VUYLSTEKE 925-634-6126

MARIN FOOD SPECIALTIES, INC OF BYRON, CALIFORNIA IS VOLUNTARILY RECALLING CERTAIN NUGGETS AND PEANUT BUTTER COOKIES BECAUSE THEY CONTAIN PEANUT BUTTER FROM PEANUT CORPORATION OF AMERICA, WHICH MAY 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.&NBSP; HEALTHY PERSONS INFECTED WITH SALMONELLA OFTEN EXPERIENCE FEVER, DIARRHEA (WHICH MAY BE BLOODY), NAUSEA, VOMITING AND ABDOMINAL PAIN.&NBSP; IN RARE CIRCUMSTANCES, INFECTION WITH SALMONELLA CAN RESULT IN THE ORGANISM GETTING INTO THE BLOODSTREAM AND PRODUCING MORE SEVERE ILLNESS SUCH AS ARTERIAL INFECTIONS (I.E., INFECTED ANEURYSMS), ENDOC

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