CONTACT: PAT BURKE 920-336-7549
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE — GREEN BAY, WI – (APRIL 8, 2009) -  EILLIEN’S CANDIES INC. IS CONDUCTING A VOLUNTARY RECALL OF THE PRODUCTS LISTED BELOW.  THIS VOLUNTARY RECALL IS BEING CONDUCTED AS A PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE DUE TO THE FACT THAT SETTON PISTACHIO OF TERRA BELLA HAS EXPANDED THEIR RECALL TO INCLUDE ALL ROASTED, SHELLED AND IN-SHELL PISTACHIO NUTS FROM THE 2008 CROP YEAR BECAUSE THEY MAY BE CONTAMINATED WITH SALMONELLA.
THE BELOW PRODUCTS CONTAIN A SELL BY DATE PRIOR TO 01/08/10 AND WERE SOLD IN GROCERY, DRUG, AND MASS MERCHANTS IN CA, CO, IA, ID, IL, KS, MI, MN, MO, MT, ND, NE, OR, SD, UT, WA, WI, WY.
THE PRODUCT LISTED BELOW SHOULD NOT BE CONSUMED, BUT RATHER RETURNED TO THE STORE FOR A REFUND OR EXCHANGE.
 EILLIEN’S:             EILLIEN’S 2OZ NATURAL PISTACHIO NUTS UPC 34952-12654             EILLIEN’S 2OZ RED PISTACHIO NUTS UPC 34952-00605             EILLIEN’S 8OZ NATURAL PISTACHIO NUTS UPC 34952-12706             EILLIEN’S 8OZ RED PISTACHIO NUTS UPC 34952-12711             EILLIEN’S 8OZ ROASTED & SALTED PISTACHIO KERNELS UPC 34952-56686             EILLIEN’S 10OZ NATURAL PISTACHIO NUTS UPC 34952-56526             EILLIEN’S 12OZ NATURAL PISTACHIO NUTS UPC 34952-57112, AND 34952-56526             EILLIEN’S 12OZ NATURAL PISTACHIO NUT TRAYS UPC 34952-55420             EILLIEN’S 12OZ RED PISTACHIO TRAY UPC 34952-55430 EILLIEN’S 14OZ NATURAL PISTACHIO NUTS UPC 34952-13364             EILLIEN’S 16OZ NATURAL PISTACHIO NUTS UPC 34952-56092             EILLIEN’S 22OZ NATURAL PISTACHIO NUT JARS UPC 034952-56990 EILLIEN’S 24OZ NATURAL PISTACHIO NUT JARS UPC 34952-56197             EILLIEN’S 33OZ DELUXE PARTY TRAYS UPC 34952-57094             EILLIEN’S 33OZ DELUXE PARTY TRAYS UPC 34952-57018             EILLIEN’S 2.5OZ NATURAL PISTACHIO NUTS ITEM 118018             EILLIEN’S 2.5OZ RED PISTACHIO NUTS ITEM 118000             EILLIEN’S BULK MIXED NUTS WITH PISTACHIOS 30# BOX, ALL LOT#’S             SETTON’S BULK NATURAL PISTACHIO NUTS ITEM 400465, ALL LOT#’S             SETTON’S BULK RED PISTACHIO NUTS ITEM 400473, ALL LOT#’S             SETTON’S BULK DRY ROASTED PISTACHIO KERNELS 25# BOX, ITEM 409870, ALL LOT#’S BLAIN’S FARM & FLEET:             BLAIN’S FARM & FLEET 14OZ NATURAL PISTACHIO NUT TIN UPC 34952-81873             BLAIN’S FARM & FLEET 16OZ NATURAL PISTACHIO NUTS UPC 34952-81224             BLAIN’S FARM & FLEET 16OZ MIXED PISTACHIO NUTS UPC 34952-81381             BLAIN’S FARM & FLEET 22OZ DELUXE MIXED NUT JARS W/25% PISTACHIO KERNELS UPC 34952-81825             BLAIN’S FARM & FLEET 33OZ DELUXE PARTY TRAY UPC 34952-56014 MILL’S FLEET FARM:             MILL’S FLEET FARM 16OZ NATURAL PISTACHIO NUTS UPC 034952-35214             MILL’S FLEET FARM 16OZ RED PISTACHIO NUTS UPC 034952-35213             MILL’S FLEET FARM 16OZ CALIFORNIA MIXED PISTACHIO NUTS UPC 034952-35215             MILL’S FLEET FARM 24OZ NATURAL PISTACHIO NUTS UPC 34952-35847
SUPREME CHOICE:             SUPREME CHOICE 9OZ NATURAL PISTACHIO NUTS UPC 34952-56547 TRIG’S:             TRIG’S 16OZ NATURAL PISTACHIO NUTS UPC 34952-56505 URGE:             URGE 2.5OZ NATURAL PISTACHIO NUTS UPC 39779-01051
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 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. 
EILLIEN’S CANDIES, INC. HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY CONSUMER OR CUSTOMER COMPLAINTS ON THIS PRODUCT AND THERE HAVE BEEN NO REPORTED ILLNESSES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS PRODUCT. 
CONSUMERS WHO MAY HAVE QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS CAN CALL EILLIEN’S CANDIES AT 920-336-7549.
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