The soft cheese is in a 14-ounce foil wrapped package marked with lot number 4469 or 4477.
The grated cheese is in 15-ounce clear plastic bags that are marked with plant number 36-1388.
On June 29th, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced that it has found E. coli O157:H7 (a bacterium that can cause serious food borne illness) in a sample of prepackaged Nestlé Toll House refrigerated cookie dough currently under recall by the manufacturer and marketer, Nestlé USA. The contaminated sample was collected at Nestlé’s facility in Danville, Va. on June 25, 2009.
I am beginning to wonder if or when this is all going to end. The fear of Salmonella from Peanut Butter related products is at an all time high, and causing a severe drop in sales.
This is reportedly one of the “largest food-contamination” scares in the history of the country. With over one thousand products recalled, people are less and less willing to take risks on products containing peanuts or peanut butter.
And the only way to learn what products have been recalled is to go digging through the FDA’s list recalled products.
This is an incredibly trying time for the industry, as the economy is already bad enough. The salmonella scares aren’t helping anything get better.
Just look at the effects that this is having across the nation.
We’ve got a list of the latest recalls that have been announced. This includes companies such as Turner Holdings, Meadow Gold, Hershey Creamery, Fieldbrook Foods, and Falcon Trading and SunRidge Farms.
- The following recalls have been announced:
While the recall on Peanut Butter continues to grow due to the Salmonella outbreak, shoppers are still purchasing peanut butter related items at the same rate.
The products added Sunday include snack crackers made under the Little Debbie brand, candies made by the South Bend Chocolate Co. in Indiana and several brands of cookies made by Ralcorp Frozen Bakery Products of suburban Chicago and sold through Wal-Mart stores. They came one day after the government advised consumers to avoid eating foods with peanut butter until health officials learn more about the contamination.
I, for one, am wondering how long this recall will go on for. I’m not really an alarmist, but I am concerned, as someone that loves peanut butter.
Peanut Corporation of America (PCA), a peanut processing company and maker of peanut butter for bulk distribution to institutions, food service industries, and private label food companies, today announced a voluntary recall of peanut butter produced in its Blakely, Georgia processing facility because it has the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella.
All product affected was produced on or after July 1, 2008, specific to the lot numbers and descriptions listed below.
The peanut butter being recalled is sold by PCA in bulk packaging to distributors for institutional and food service industry use. It is also sold under the brand name Parnell’s Pride to those same industries. Additionally, it is sold by the King Nut Company under the label King Nut. PCA customers who received the recalled product are being notified by telephone and in writing.
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