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Whole Foods Market
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE --February 5, 2009 – Austin, TX – Whole Foods Market is voluntarily recalling all code dates of the following bulk items because they may contain peanuts that have the potential to be contaminated with salmonella:
Any customers who have any of these items at home are encouraged to dispose of these items or return them to one of our stores for a full refund.
This action was taken as a result of the recently expanded recall by Peanut
Corporation of America (PCA) to include all peanut ingredients produced in
their Blakely, Georgia facility, in turn affecting Whole Foods Market supplier
for bulk peanuts. None of the recalled Whole Foods Market products have
been directly linked to the salmonella outbreak, and there have been no illnesses
reported.
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.
The four recalled products were sold in Whole Foods Market stores located in
Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas and Oklahoma.
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