Pistachio recall expands after Salmonella found in California processing plant

A California company has expanded its recall of its pistachio products after California and federal health officials found certain critical areas of its processing plant to be contaminated with several strains of the bacterium Salmonella.

The company’s pistachios are used in pistachio products sold nationwide.

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The company, Setton Pistachio of Terra Bella Inc., Terra Bella, California had initially issued a limited recall of certain lots of its pistachios but is now recalling all lots of its roasted in-shell pistachios and roasted shelled pistachios made from nuts harvested in 2008 as well as raw shelled pistachios from the 2008 that were not roasted prior to sale.

U.S. Food and Drug Administration warns that “Consumers should not eat pistachios or food products containing them (such as pistachio bakery goods and pistachio ice cream) until they can determine that the products do not contain pistachios recalled by Setton.”

The FDA has created an online database that you can search to learn which pistachio products have been included in the recall.

To learn more:

• Read LocalHealthGuides earlier coverage of the pistachio recall.
• For information about Salmonella in Chinese, English, Korean, Somali, Spanish and Vietnamese

Tags: FDA, Pistachios, Product Recall, Salmonella

Category: Digestive System, Food-borne Infections, Infections, Product Recall