CONTACT: JIM EGAN, DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS KERRY INGREDIENTS & FLAVOURS, AMERICAS REGION 608-363-1200
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE –BELOIT, WI — FEBRUARY 8, 2009 — KERRY INGREDIENTS & FLAVOURS OF BELOIT, WI IS VOLUNTARILY RECALLING THE JANA’S PEANUT BUTTER COOKIE PRODUCT BECAUSE IT HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BE CONTAMINATED WITH SALMONELLA.  THE PRODUCT WAS MANUFACTURED USING PEANUTS RECALLED BY PEANUT CORPORATION OF AMERICA (PCA) BECAUSE IT HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BE CONTAMINATED WITH SALMONELLA. 
SALMONELLA IS AN ORGANISM, WHICH CAN CAUSE SERIOUS AND SOMETIMES FATAL INFECTIONS IN 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.
KERRY INGREDIENTS & FLAVOURS IS RECALL THE FOLLOWING ITEMS WHICH WERE SOLD TO DISTRIBUTORS BASED IN CALIFORNIA AND WISCONSIN:
1. H60631.771 JANA’S PEANUT BUTTER COOKIE (18# CASE, 12 CLAMSHELLS OF 24 X 1.0OZ COOKIES/CASE)
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