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Contact:
Claire Gross
(678) 638-5847
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE -- April 15, 2009 – Alpharetta, GA – Whole Foods Market is voluntarily recalling all code dates of the following bulk and pre-packaged items because they may contain pistachios that have the potential to be contaminated with salmonella:
Bulk Products:
Pre-packaged Products:
Sell by 4/21/09
Sell by 5/6/09
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.
This action was taken as a result of the recently expanded recall by Setton Pistachio of Terra Bella, Inc. to include all pistachio ingredients produced in their California facility, in turn affecting Whole Foods Market suppliers for bulk pistachios. None of the recalled Whole Foods Market products have been directly linked to the salmonella outbreak, and there have been no illnesses reported.
The recalled products were sold in Whole Foods Market stores located in Alabama, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, Washington D.C., Wisconsin and Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Customers are encouraged to return any of these products to Whole Foods Market or Harry’s Farmers Market for a full refund.
For Claims or questions, contact:
Claire Gross
Regional Claims Specialist-SOUTH Region
Whole Foods Market, Inc.
(678) 638-5847
9:00 AM – 5:00 PM Eastern
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