CONTACT: AARON SORENSON 952-915-2694
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE –MINNEAPOLIS, MN — FEB. 2, 2009 — LUNDS AND BYERLY’S HAVE VOLUNTARILY RECALLED SOME ALL-NATURAL SNACK NUTS BECAUSE THE PEANUTS WERE SOURCED FROM PEANUT CORPORATION OF AMERICA (PCA), WHICH IS THE FOCUS ON AN ONGOING NATIONWIDE SALMONELLA INVESTIGATION.
PCA RECENTLY EXPANDED ITS RECALL TO INCLUDE ALL PEANUTS AND PEANUT PRODUCTS PRODUCED AT A PLANT IN BLAKELY, GEORGIA SINCE JAN. 1, 2007. AS A RESULT OF THIS EXPANDED RECALL, THE PEANUTS USED BY SOME OF OUR ALL-NATURAL SNACK NUT SUPPLIERS WERE AFFECTED BY THIS RECALL. NONE OF THE RECALLED LUNDS AND BYERLY’S PRODUCTS HAVE BEEN DIRECTLY LINKED TO THE NATIONWIDE SALMONELLA OUTBREAK, AND NO ILLNESSES HAVE BEEN REPORTED.
LUNDS AND BYERLY’S PRODUCTS THAT ARE INCLUDED IN PCA’S EXPANDED RECALL ARE NOTED BELOW.
PRODUCE DEPARTMENT ITEMS:
CALIFORNIA SUPREME TRAIL MIX (14 OZ.) MASTER ZEN PARTY MIX (10.5 OZ.) HONEY ROASTED PEANUTS (12 OZ.) ROASTED PEANUTS WITH NO SALT ADDED (12 OZ.) WASABI PARTY MIX (9 OZ.) SWEET CAJUN MIX (10 OZ.)
GROCERY DEPARTMENT ITEMS:
HONEY ROASTED PEANUTS (2.5 OZ.) WASABI PARTY MIX (1.5 OZ.)
BULK DEPARTMENT ITEMS:
CRANBERRY HONEY NUT MIX
CUSTOMERS ARE URGED TO RETURN THESE PRODUCTS TO OUR STORES FOR A FULL REFUND (RECEIPT NOT REQUIRED) OR DESTROY THEM IMMEDIATELY.
THE U.S. FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION HAS CONFIRMED THAT A RECENT NATIONWIDE OUTBREAK OF SALMONELLA IS LINKED TO PEANUT BUTTER AND PEANUT PASTE THAT WAS PRODUCED AT A PCA PLANT IN BLAKELY, GA.
ON JAN. 28, 2009, THE PCA EXPANDED ITS RECALL TO INCLUDE ALL PEANUTS AND PEANUT PRODUCTS PRODUCED AT THIS FACILITY SINCE JAN. 1, 2007. PCA HAS SAID THEY ARE NOT AWARE OF ANY COMPLAINTS OR REPORTS OF ILLNESS RELATED TO THE EXPANDED RECALL.
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.
FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS RECALL, VISIT CDC
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