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Pistachio Nut Salmonella Recall

By PritzkerLaw

An Illinois based candy and nut company has recalled a variety of products containing pistachios that could be contaminated with Salmonella bacteria.

Georgia Nut Company said in a letter to customers that it detected the problem while sampling and testing pistachio nuts from a third-party supplier from California. Georgia Nut CEO Rick Drehobl said no illnesses are known to be related to the recall.

In conjunction with the Food and Drug Administration, Georgia Nut also said there is no relationship to the ongoing Salmonella Typhimurium outbreak caused by contaminated peanuts and peanut paste from Peanut Corporation of America.

Distribution of the potentially contaminated pistachio products from Georgia Nut was in Wauwatosa, Wisc., Greenfield, Wisc., and the greater Chicago area. The specifics of the recall are as follows:

• Bulk Deluxe Mixed Nuts with shelled pistachios purchased at the Not Just Nuts store in Wauwatosa, WI from Dec. 5, 2008 through March 24, 2009.
• Bulk or custom packaged Deluxe Mixed Nuts with shelled pistachios purchased at Georgia Nut retail stores in Skokie and Glenview, IL, Georgia Nut's Chocolate House location in Greenfield, WI, and through the Company's website from Dec 11, 2008 through March 23, 2009,
• Bulk or custom packaged Dry Roasted Shelled Pistachios purchased at Georgia Nut retail stores in Skokie and Glenview, IL, Georgia Nut's Chocolate House location in Greenfield, WI, and through the Company's website purchased from Dec 3, 2008 through March 23, 2009.
• Mixed Nuts Deluxe Roasted and Salted Bulk with shelled pistachios purchased from clear plastic bulk bins in the produce department at Dominick's Finer Food stores in the greater Chicagoland area from Dec. 10, 2008 through March 25, 2009.

Some of the products also were sold online, the company said.

Full post as published by Food Poisoning Law Blog on March 26, 2009 (boomark / email).