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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE — LANCASTER COUNTY, PA. (FEBRUARY 27, 2009) – TURKEY HILL DAIRY OF LANCASTER COUNTY, PA., IS ADDING ITS DYNAMIC DUOS MOVIE NIGHT ICE CREAM TO ITS LIST OF VOLUNTARILY RECALLED PRODUCTS BECAUSE IT CONTAINS PEANUT INGREDIENTS FROM THE PLAINVIEW, TEXAS, FACILITY OF THE PEANUT CORPORATION OF AMERICA (PCA).
THE FACILITY HAS BEEN THE FOCUS OF AN ONGOING SALMONELLA INVESTIGATION BY THE UNITED STATES FOOD & DRUG ADMINISTRATION (FDA). AS PART OF THE INVESTIGATION, FDA ADMINISTRATORS ARE NOW SUGGESTING THE RECALL OF ALL PRODUCTS CONTAINING INGREDIENTS FROM PCA’S PLAINVIEW, TEXAS, FACILITY SINCE 2005.
TURKEY HILL RECALLED SIX PRODUCTS IN LATE JANUARY AFTER THE FDA EXPANDED ITS INVESTIGATION TO INCLUDE ALL PEANUTS PROCESSED BY THE PCA AT ITS BLAKELY, GA., PLANT SINCE JANUARY 1, 2007. SALMONELLA IS AN ORGANISM, THAT 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 EXPERIE
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