MALT-O-MEAL COMPANY IS VOLUNTARILY RECALLING MAPLE & BROWN SUGAR INSTANT OATMEAL AND MAPLE &; BROWN SUGAR INSTANT OATMEAL PACKETS SOLD IN VARIETY CARTONS, WITH CARTON DATE CODES BETWEEN JUNE 30, 2009 AND OCTOBER 28, 2010 BECAUSE IT CONTAINS INSTANT NON-FAT DRY MILK MANUFACTURED BY THE PLAINVIEW MILK PRODUCTS COOPERATIVE. PLAINVIEW HAS RECENTLY COMMENCED A RECALL OF INSTANT NON-FAT DRY MILK AND OTHER INGREDIENTS THAT HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BE CONTAMINATED WITH SALMONELLA BACTERIA.
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
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