Town & Country Markets, which operates the Ballard Market, the Greenwood Market, and the Town & Country Market on Bainbridge Island, as well as the Central Markets in Shoreline, Mill Creek, and Poulsbo is recalling specific lots of peanut products because of concerns about potential Salmonella contamination. The recalled products include peanuts products and trail [...]
Breadfarm, Inc. of Bow, Washington has recalled peanut products that were sold at farmer’s markets in Bellingham, Everett and Mount Vernon and at the company’s retail outlet in Bow. The products contain peanuts manufactured by the Peanut Corporation of America whose facilities have been identified as the source of the Salmonella outbreak that has sickened [...]
Whole Foods Markets is recalling selected peanuts, peanut products, and self-serve grind peanut butters that were distributed throughout Washington and Oregon because of concern they may be contaminated with Salmonella.
Tacoma candy maker Brown & Haley is recalling some lots of its Honey Roasted Peanut ROCA Buttercrunch Toffee and Peanut Delights because they contain peanuts from Peanut Corporation of America, whose plant has been linked to the Salmonella outbreak that has sickened 666 people in the U.S. and Canada, including 22 in Washington state. The Honey Roasted Peanut ROCA Buttercrunch [...]
Mighty-O of Seattle, maker of organic donuts, is recalling its Nutty Vanilla Donuts produced before February 5th because they contain peanut products from the Peanut Corporation of America, whose peanuts have been linked to the Salmonella outbreak that has sickened more than 650 people in 44 states and Canada, including 19 in Washington state. Nationwide, [...]
Seattle’s Theo Chocolate, Inc. has recalled its Peanut Butter Big Daddy and its Peanut Confections products because it is possible that they are contaminated with Salmonella. The company says no illnesses have been linked to these products, but the company decided to issue the recall after it determined that the products contain organic peanut splits from the [...]
Earlier this week the maker of the Slim-Fast line of weight-loss products issued a recall of 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 [...]
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 [...]
Seattle’s Cougar Mountain Baking Company has issued a recall of its Peanut Butter, Peanut Butter Chocolate Chunk, & Ballpark Cookies and Cookie Dough because of concerns the products might be contaminated with Salmonella.
The U.S. Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) investigators describe how they tracked down the source of the nationwide Salmonella outbreak to a peanut processing plant in Blakely, Georgia and what they found when they inspected the facility. To learn more: Visit the CDC’s Salmonella Outbreak Update Web page. Visit the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Salmonella [...]
The number of cases of Salmonella infections linked to peanut-containing products has topped 600, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Eighteen cases have been identified in Washington state, three of whom live in King County. Cases have been identified now in 44 states, and case has been reported in Canada. [...]
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