CONTACT: (360) 354-5342
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE — MAY 12, 2009 — EDALEEN DAIRY LOCATED IN LYNDEN, WA IS RECALLING THEIR TIN ROOF SUNDAE AND CHOCOLATE PEANUT BUTTER NUT ICE CREAM IN ALL SIZES (1.75 QUART CARTON, 1.5 GALLON TUB, 3 GALLON TUB), BECAUSE IT HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BE CONTAMINATED WITH SALMONELLA. THIS RECALL WAS A VOLUNTARY DECISION MADE BY EDALEEN DAIRY AND SUPPORTED BY THE FDA. THE PRODUCTS WERE MANUFACTURED USING PEANUTS/PEANUT PRODUCTS RECALLED BY PEANUT CORPORATION OF AMERICAN BECAUSE IT HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BE CONTAMINATED WITH SALMONELLA. 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 (I.E., INFECTED ANEURYSMS), ENDOCARDITIS AND ARTHRITIS. TIN ROOF SUNDAE AND CHOCOLATE PEANUT BUTTER NUT ICE CREAMS WERE SOLD DISTRIBUTORS, STORES, GAS STATIONS, SCOOP SHOPS, ETC. THROUGHOUT WESTERN WASHINGTON (MOSTLY IN THE WHATCOM AREA). THIS PRODUCT WAS ALSO SOLD THROUGH THE EDALEEN STORE LOCATED ON 9593 GUIDE MERIDIAN, LYNDEN, WA. TIN ROOF SUNDAE (UPC 14138 70005) AND CHOCOLATE PEANUT BUTTER NUT (UPC 14138 70051) ICE CREAMS WERE SOLD IN 1.75 QUART CARTONS, 1.5 GALLON TUBS AND 3 GALLON TUBS UNDER THE EDALEEN’S BRAND NAME. PRODUCTS WITH DATES OF MANUFACTURE, FOUND ON THE BOTTOM OF THE CARTON, BETWEEN OCTOBER 1, 2007 AND MAY 8, 2009 ARE AFFECTED BY THIS RECALL. NO KNOWN ILLNESSES HAVE BEEN REPORTED TO DATE IN CONNECTION WITH THIS PRODUCT/THESE PRODUCTS. THE RECALL WAS INITIATED AFTER IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE PEANUT PRODUCT RECEIVED WAS MANUFACTURED BY PEANUT CORPORATION OF AMERICA. THE CHOCOLATE COVERED PEANUT PRODUCT WAS BOUGHT BY EDALEEN DAIRY FROM DOT FOODS WHO ARE DISTRIBUTORS OF FOOD INGREDIENTS. EDALEEN DAIRY HAS INFORMED FDA OF ITS ACTIONS AND IS FULLY COOPERATING WITH THE AGENCY. CUSTOMERS THAT HAVE BOUGHT THE TIN ROOF ICE CREAM OR THE CHOCOLATE PEANUT BUTTER ICE CREAM SHOULD RETURN THIS PRODUCT TO THE PLACE WHERE THEY BOUGHT IT FROM. AN EXCHANGE OR REFUND CAN BE DONE. IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS CONSUMERS CAN CONTACT EDALEEN DAIRY MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY 9:00 AM TO 3:00 PM, PHONE NUMBER IS (360) 354-5342 PACIFIC TIME.
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