Premier Packing Company Is Recalling Several Products as Part of the PCA Recall

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE — GREENACRES, WA — FEBRUARY 13, 2009 — PREMIER PACKING COMPANY, GREENACRES, WA, IS RECALLING THE FOLLOWING PRODUCTS: DRY ROASTED UNSALTED PEANUTS, DRY ROASTED SALTED PEANUTS, FIESTA MIX, TOASTED DICED PEANUTS, HONEY ROASTED PEANUTS, AND ROCA TOFFEE BECAUSE THEY HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BE CONTAMINATED WITH SALMONELLA.&NBSP;

THE PRODUCTS WERE MANUFACTURED USING PEANUTS/PEANUT PRODUCTS RECALLED BY PEANUT CORPORATION OF AMERICA BECAUSE THEY 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.&NBSP;

PRODUCTS WERE DISTRIBUTED TO RETAIL STORES IN IDAHO, MONTANA, OREGON, WASHINGTON, AND THROUGH THE NUT FACTORY RETAIL STORE.&NBSP; PRODUCTS WERE PACKAGED IN 10 AND 25 LB. BULK PLASTIC HEAT-SEALED CELLOPHANE FLATPACKS AND 1 TO 5 LB. PLASTIC BAGS.&NBSP;&NBSP;

THE LABEL FOR THE BULK 10 AND 25 LB. PRODUCTS INCLUDE: &LDQUO;THE NUT FACTORY GREENACRES, WA&RDQUO;, THE NAME OF THE PRODUCT, AND A UPC CODE.&NBSP; PRODUCTS PACKAGED IN 1 TO 5 LB. PLASTIC BAGS INCLUDE THE NAME OF THE PRODUCT, A FIVE DIGIT ITEM NUMBER, AND &LDQUO;THE NUT FACTORY GREENACRES, WA".&NBSP; PRODUCTS INCLUDE: &NBSP;

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