EB Performance Recalls Select PB and Whey Protein Bites

CONTACT: EB PERFORMANCE 1-954-725-8393 WEBSALES@EBPERFORMANCE.COM

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE — DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA. — FEBRUARY 19, 2009 — EB PERFORMANCE LLC IS INITIATING A VOLUNTARY RECALL OF ITS PB & WHEY PROTEIN BITES. THESE PRODUCTS ARE BEING RECALLED AS A PRECAUTION BECAUSE THEY CONTAIN PEANUT PIECES SOURCED FROM PEANUT CORPORATION OF AMERICA, WHICH HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BE CONTAMINATED WITH SALMONELLA. EB PERFORMANCE’S PB & WHEY PROTEIN BITES WERE SOLD NATIONALLY THROUGH SELECT RETAIL STORES AND DIRECT TO CUSTOMER SALES.

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 (E.G., INFECTED ANEURYSMS), ENDOCARDITIS AND ARTHRITIS.

PB & WHEY PROTEIN BITES THAT ARE POTENTIALLY AFFECTED CAN BE IDENTIFIED BY THE FOLLOWING BEST BY DATES:

THE BARS ARE PACKAGED IN 1.25 OZ. PACKAGES IN 15-COUNT PRINTED BOXES AND 45-COUNT PLASTIC CONTAINERS.  THE PACKAGES HAVE THE FOLLOWING UPC CODES:

UPC CODING INDIVIDUAL PACKAGES: 8 90391 00100 3 15-COUNT BOXES: 8 90391 00108 9  45-COUNT CONTAINERS: 8 90391 00101 0

PEANUT CORPORATION OF AMERICA IS NO LONGER A SUPPLIER TO EB PERFORMANCE AND NO OTHER EB PERFORMANCE PRODUCTS ARE INVOLVED IN THIS RECALL. NO ILLNESSES HAVE BEEN REPORTED TO DATE IN CONNECTION WITH THESE PRODUCTS.  EB PERFORMANCE HAS INFORMED THE FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION OF ITS ACTIONS AND IS FULLY COOPERATING WITH THE AGENCY.

CONSUMERS WHO HAVE PURCHASED THE BARS WITH THE ABOVE CODE DATES ARE URGED TO RETURN THEM TO THE PLACE OF PURCHASE FOR A FULL REFUND.

IF BOXES OR CONTAINERS WERE PURCHASED THROUGH THE COMPANY WEB SITE AT WWW.EBPERFORMANCE.COM, CUT OUT THE UPC CODE FOUND ON THE BOTTOM OR SIDE OF THE BOXES AND CONTAINERS RESPECTIVELY AND CONTACT THE COMPANY DIRECTLY BY PHONE AT 1-954-725-8393 FROM 9:00AM-5:00PM EST OR BY EMAIL AT WEBSALES@EBPERFORMANCE.COM.