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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE — FEBRUARY 10, 2009 — DELUXE ICE CREAM COMPANY OF SALEM, OREGON IS RECALLING THE FOLLOWING:  TIN ROOF SUNDAE, GOO GOO CLUSTER, AND CANDY BAR HALF GALLON PACKAGED ICE CREAM PRODUCTS MANUFACTURED USING PEANUTS/PEANUT PRODUCTS RECALLED BY PEANUT CORPORATION OF AMERICA BECAUSE IT HAS 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. 
PRODUCTS BEING RECALLED ARE HALF GALLON (64 FL OZ) TIN ROOF SUNDAE, GOO GOO CLUSTER, AND CANDY BAR PACKAGED ICE CREAM WITH LOT CODES FROM 8212 TO 9028. THE LOT CODE ON HALF GALLON (64 FL OZ) PACKAGES CAN BE FOUND IN THE UPPER LEFT CORNER ADJACENT TO THE NUTRITIONAL PANEL.
PRODUCTS HAVE BEEN DISTRIBUTED IN CALIFORNIA, IDAHO, NEVADA, OREGON, AND WASHINGTON STATES THROUGH RETAIL STORES.
THE LABELS INCLUDE:
64 FL OZ SQUARE, DELUXE ICE CREAM TIN ROOF SUNDAE, UPC: 70078-27561 64 FL OZ SQUARE, DELUXE ICE CREAM GOO GOO CLUSTER, UPC: 70078-28371 64 FL OZ SQUARE, DELUXE ICE CREAM CANDY BAR, UPC: 70078-24481 64 FL OZ SQUARE, DELUXE ICE CREAM SLIM AND TRIM TIN ROOF SUNDAE, UPC: 70078-40207 64 FL OZ SQUARE, COUNTRY CLASSIC TIN ROOF SUNDAE, UPC:  70078-29475 64 FL OZ SQUARE, WESTERN FAMILY TIN ROOF SUNDAE, UPC: 15400-21024 64 FL OZ SQUARE, WESTERN FAMILY GOO GOO CLUSTER, UPC:  15400-21020 64 FL OZ SQUARE, IGA TIN ROOF SUNDAE, UPC:  04127-09001 64 FL OZ SQUARE, FLAV-O-RITE TIN ROOF SUNDAE, UPC:  04113-00004
NO KNOWN ILLNESSES HAVE BEEN REPORTED TO DATE IN CONNECTION WITH ANY OF THESE PRODUCTS.  THE RECALL WAS INITIATED AFTER IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE PEANUTS SUPPLIED TO GERTRUDE HAWK FOR THEIR PRODUCTION OF CHOCOLATE COVERED PEANUTS WERE MANUFACTURED USING PEANUTS FROM PEANUT CORPORATION OF AMERICA’S BLAKELY FACILITY.  DELUXE ICE CREAM HAS INFORMED FDA OF ITS ACTIONS AND IS FULLY COOPERATING WITH THE AGENCY.
CONSUMERS WHO HAVE AFFECTED PRODUCTS SHOULD DISCARD THEM OR ARE URGED TO RETURN IT TO THE PLACE OF PURCHASE FOR A FULL REFUND. CONSUMERS WITH QUESTIONS MAY CONTACT THE COMPANY AT 1-888-264-0898 8AM TO 5PM PST, OR EMAIL:  INFO@MATTERHORNGROUPINC.COM
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