Turner Holdings, LLC Announces Voluntary Recall Due to Potentially Contaminated Peanuts

CONTACT: TURNER HOLDINGS, LLC 1-800-467-6455

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE –COVINGTON, TENN. — FEBRUARY 13, 2009 — TURNER HOLDINGS OF COVINGTON, TENNESSEE IS ISSUING A VOLUNTARY RECALL ON PEANUT-CONTAINING ICE CREAM PRODUCED IN ITS COVINGTON PLANT. THERE HAVE BEEN NO REPORTED ILLNESSES RELATED TO OUR PRODUCTS.

THE US FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION (FDA) HAVE INDICATED THAT PEANUT CORPORATION OF AMERICA (PCA), A SUPPLIER TO TURNER HOLDINGS LLC, IS THE FOCUS OF AN EXPANDED INVESTIGATION CONCERNING SALMONELLA IN PEANUT PRODUCTS. SALMONELLA IS AN ORGANISM THAT CAN CAUSE SERIOUS GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTIONS.

TURNER HOLDINGS, LLC USES DEDICATED PRODUCTION LINES AND HAS A LONG HISTORY OF MAKING SAFE AND DELICIOUS PRODUCTS. WE WILL WORK CLOSELY WITH THE FDA IN THEIR ON-GOING INVESTIGATION OF THE POTENTIALLY CONTAMINATED PEANUTS. CONSUMERS SHOULD CONTACT FDA OR VISIT THEIR WEBSITE AT WWW.FDA.GOV FOR A COMPLETE LIST OF PRODUCTS AND CODE DATE INFORMATION.

THE ICE CREAM PRODUCTS INCLUDED IN THIS RECALL ARE:

THANK YOU IN ADVANCE FOR YOUR COOPERATION IN THIS MATTER.