includes major retailers
WASHINGTON (AP) — A recall of peanut butter and other nut products has some of the country's largest grocery stores pulling store-brand products off their shelves.
New Mexico-based Sunland Inc.
has expanded its recall of peanut butter and almond butter to include
cashew butters, tahini and blanched and roasted peanut products. The
company, which sells its nuts and nut butters
to large groceries and other food distributors around the country,
recalled products under multiple brand names last month after salmonella
illnesses were linked to Trader Joe's Creamy Salted Valencia Peanut Butter, one of the brands it manufactures.
In addition to Trader Joe's, the recall includes some nut butters and nut products sold at Whole Foods Market, Target,
Safeway, Fresh & Easy, Harry and David, Sprouts, Heinen's, Stop
& Shop Supermarket Company, Giant Food of Landover, Md. and several
other stores. Some of those retailers used Sunland ingredients in items
they prepared and packaged themselves.
The
federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said there are now
30 salmonella illnesses in 19 states that can be traced to the Trader
Joe's peanut butter. No other foods have been linked to the illnesses,
but Sunland recalled other products manufactured on the same equipment
as the Trader Joe's product.
Some
of the brand names included in the recall are Target's Archer Farms,
Safeway's Open Nature, Earth Balance, Fresh & Easy, Late July,
Heinen's, Joseph's, Natural Value, Naturally More, Peanut Power Butter,
Serious Food, Snaclite Power, Sprouts Farmers Market, Sprouts, Sunland and Dogsbutter.
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