RECALLS, MARKET WITHDRAWALS, & SAFETY ALERTS ARCHIVE FOR RECALLS, MARKET WITHDRAWALS & SAFETY ALERTS ENFORCEMENT REPORTS INDUSTRY GUIDANCE MAJOR PRODUCT RECALLS – RECALL — FIRM PRESS RELEASE
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C. H. GUENTHER & SON, INC. ANNOUNCES AMENDED VOLUNTARY NATIONWIDE RECALL OF SEVERAL ADDITIONAL PRODUCTS THAT CONTAIN PEPPER DUE TO POSSIBLE HEALTH RISK
CONTACT:
RON SPIES
C. H. GUENTHER & SON, INC.
210-351-6203
PEPPERRECALL@CHGUENTHER.COM
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE — SAN ANTONIO, TX MARCH 23, 2010 – C. H. GUENTHER & SON, INC. TODAY ANNOUNCED A VOLUNTARY RECALL OF ADDITIONAL PRODUCTS CONTAINING A PEPPER INGREDIENT THAT MAY HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BE CONTAMINATED WITH SALMONELLA. THE FOLLOWING PRODUCTS ARE IN ADDITION TO PRODUCTS ANNOUNCED EARLIER IN PRESS RELEASES DATED 3/17/200 AND 3/22/2010.
THE PRODUCTS ARE:
BEST YET SEASON ‘N BAKE CHICKEN
FOOD CLUB BEEF STEW
TOPS PORK GRAVY
PIGGLY WIGGLY SEASON ‘N BAKE CHICKEN
THE RECALLED PRODUCTS CONTAIN BLACK PEPPER DISTRIBUTED BY MINCING OVERSEAS SPICE COMPANY. THE PEPPER HAS BEEN RECALLED BY MINCING BECAUSE IT HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BE CONTAMINATED WITH SALMONELLA.
SALMONELLA IS A COMMON FOOD BORNE PATHOGEN THAT CAN CAUSE SEVERE ILLNESSES, INCLUDING FEVER, ABDOMINAL CRAMPS AND DIARRHEA. WHILE MOST INDIVIDUALS RECOVER IN THREE TO FIVE DAYS WITHOUT MEDICAL INTERVENTION, THE INFECTION CAN BE LIFE-THREATENING TO YOUNG CHILDREN, THE ELDERLY AND THOSE WITH COMPROMISED IMMUNE SYSTEMS. CONSUMERS WITH ANY OF THESE SYMPTOMS SHOULD CALL THEIR PHYSICIAN. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON SALMONELLA, PLEASE VISIT THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION’S WEB SITE AT HTTP://WWW.CDC.GOV. FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE VISIT THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION’S WEBSITE AT WWW.CDC.GOV
THE FOLLOWING PRODUCTS WERE SOLD IN GROCERY STORES THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES
BRAND |
PRODUCT NAME |
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UPC# |
CODE DATE |
SIZE |
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BEST YET |
SEASON ‘N BAKE CHICKEN |
1.37 0Z |
0 42187 41168 2 |
W0006O |
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