CONTACT: OSAGE PECAN COMPANY 800-748-8305 — 10:00 AM TO 5:00 PM CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE — APRIL 17, 2009 — OSAGE PECAN COMPANY OF BUTLER, MO ANNOUNCED TODAY THAT IT IS VOLUNTARILY RECALLING ALL ROASTED AND SALTED IN-SHELL PISTACHIOS SOLD UNDER THE OSAGE PECAN COMPANY LABEL IN 1 POUND PACKAGES BETWEEN THE DATES OF OCTOBER 23RD, 2008 AND APRIL 1ST, 2009. THESE PISTACHIOS WERE SUPPLIED BY SETTON PISTACHIO OF TERRA BELLA, INC. AND ARE BEING RECALLED AS A PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE BECAUSE THE PRODUCT MAY BE CONTAMINATED WITH SALMONELLA. SETTON PISTACHIO OF TERRA BELLA EXPANDED THEIR RECALL OF ROASTED SHELLED AND IN-SHELL PISTACHIOS APRIL 6, 2009 TO INCLUDE ALL 2008 CROP PISTACHIO PRODUCTS THAT IT HAS SHIPPED TO DATE.
OSAGE IS ISSUING THIS RECALL AS A PRECAUTIONARY SAFETY ACTION. NO OTHER OSAGE PRODUCTS ARE A PART OF THIS 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 MAYBE 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.
THE PISTACHIOS WERE SOLD THROUGH FUND RAISERS IN CO, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, MD, MN, MO, NE, OR, WV, AND WY AND FROM THE OSAGE STORE IN 1 POUND BAGS WITH THE OSAGE PECAN COMPANY LABEL. THERE ARE NO CODES ON THE LABEL.
NO ILLNESSES HAVE BEEN REPORTED FROM OSAGE’S ROASTED AND SALTED IN-SHELL PISTACHIOS.
CONSUMERS WHO HAVE PURCHASED OSAGE ROASTED AND SALTED IN-SHELL PISTACHIOS BETWEEN THE DATES OF OCTOBER 23RD, 2008 AND APRIL 1ST, 2009 MAY RETURN THEM TO OSAGE PECAN COMPANY FOR A FULL REFUND.
CONSUMERS WITH QUESTIONS MAY CONTACT OSAGE PECAN COMPANY ON TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 10:00 AM AND 5:00 PM CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME AT 800-748-8305.
 
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