Slim-Fast recalls three Slim-Fast Bar products with peanuts

The maker of the Slim-Fast line of weight-loss products is recalling three of its Slim-Fast Bar products because they may contain peanuts from the Peanut Corporation of America’s Texas plant.

After the Peanut Corporation of America’s plant in Blakely, Georgia was identified as the source of a Salmonella outbreak that has sicken 647 people in 44 states and Canada, health officials in Texas shut down the company’s plant in Plainview, Texas citing unsanitary conditions.

The recalled products include specific lots of:

• Slim-Fast optima® caramel crispy peanut MEAL on-the-go bars
• Slim-Fast MEAL OPTIONS Breakfast & Lunch Bars – Dutch Chocolateflavor
• Slim-Fast MEAL OPTIONS Breakfast & Lunch Bars – Peanut Butter flavor

For specific information about the recalled products please read the Slim-Fast press release at the end of this story.

You can also look up other products that have been recalled using the “widget” below that is maintained by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration or go to the FDA’s web site where you can find a searchable list of recalled products.

 FDA Product Recall List

Press Release:

Slim-Fast® Conducts Nationwide Recall of Three Slim-Fast Bar Products with Peanuts

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE –Englewood Cliffs, NJ — February 13, 2009 — Slim-Fast® is recalling three Slim-Fast bar products because they may contain peanuts that are being recalled by Peanut Corporation of America (PCA). This recall was ordered by the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) on February 12, 2009, as a result of unsanitary conditions at the PCA Plainview, Texas, facility, which could have compromised the peanuts.

This product recall includes:

Product Name and Description: Slim-Fast optima® caramel crispy peanut MEAL on-the-go® bars – sold in paperboard boxes, 6 bars per box, 1.97 oz. (56 g) each with various best-if-used by dates. The UPC code is located on the bottom of the box.
UPC: 0834623790

Product Name and Description: Slim-Fast MEAL OPTIONS® Breakfast & Lunch Bars – Dutch Chocolateflavor – sold in paperboard boxes, 8 bars per box, 1.2 oz. (34 g) each various best-if-used by dates. The UPC code is located on the bottom of the box.
UPC: 0834601520

Product Name and Description: Slim-Fast MEAL OPTIONS® Breakfast & Lunch Bars – Peanut Butter flavor – sold in paperboard boxes, 8 bars per box, 1.2 oz. (34 g) each various best-if-used by dates. The UPC code is located on the bottom of the box.
UPC: 0834601522

The products were distributed nationwide.

Consumers who have any of the three affected Slim-Fast bar products are asked to discard them and call 1-877-270-7393, which is operational 24 hours a day, for information on the recall. In addition, a consumer services representative is available between the hours of 9:00 AM and 5:30 PM EST.

No other Slim-Fast products – shakes or bars – are affected by this recall. Slim-Fast is a Unilever product.

Tags: Peanut Butter, Peanuts, Product Recall, Salmonella

Category: Digestive System, Infections, Product Recall