Many Recalls of Items Containing Nuts and Nut Products

October 19th update: The following are some new recalls related to the Sunland factories. These now involve both nut butters and whole peanuts.  For more information on the recalls listed below, click on the words below.

• Bucks Ice Cream Recalls Iskream Brand Peanut Butter and Jelly No Sugar Added Ice Cream
• Natural Selection Foods Recalls Earthbound Farm® Baby Spinach Grab & Go Salad® Kit with Peanuts
• Torn and Glasser, Inc Announces Voluntary Recall of Salted Virginia In-Shell Peanuts, and Organic Peanut Butter
• Mondelēz Global LLC Conducts Voluntary U.S. Recall of Green & Black’s Organic Peanut and Sea Salt Milk Chocolate Bar
• Super Store Industries Recalls Lovin’ Scoopful Ice Cream - Super Duper Peanut Butter Cup
• Meadow Gold Dairy Conducts Voluntary Recall of Western Family® Brand "Creamery Select (Premium Ice Cream) Peanut Butter Cup" Ice Cream
• Hines Nut Company, Dallas, TX Announces Voluntary Recall of SALTED JUMBO VIRGINIA IN-SHELL PEANUTS

For more information about Sunland and the peanut crop in general, click here and here.

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October 15 update:  The following companies have initiated recalls related to the Sunland peanut butter salmonella outbreak. 

• AdvancePierre Foods Initiates Voluntary Recall of Select Frozen Peanut Butter Products (including Peanut Butter and Jelly sandwiches, Peanut Butter and Jelly Graham Cracker sandwiches and Peanut Butter cup products).
• Creative Energy Foods, Inc. Recalls Ridgebar Brand Nutrition Bars Creative Energy Foods, Inc. and Crunch thinkThin Nutrition Bars
• Sunland, Inc. Announces Voluntary Extension of Ongoing Recall To Include Raw and Roasted Shelled and In-Shell Peanuts Due to Possible Health Risk.
• Lin-Mar Partners Recalls Roasted Peanut With Chocolate and Peanut Butter Trail Longhorn Bars.
• Purefit Inc. Announces Voluntary Recall of Purefit Peanut Butter Crunch Bars.

For more information about these recalls (for specific dates and codes) google FDA, the name of the company, and the product name or click here to reach all FDA recalls within the past 60 days: http://www.fda.gov/AJAX/All/default.htm?Label=All Recalls 

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Oct. 10 update:  Beware of ice cream and other frozen desserts that contain peanut butter.  The latest recalls related to the Sunland salmonella outbreak come from these companies and involve these products:

• Belfonte Ice Cream and Dairy Foods Company
• Smith Dairy Smith's and Ruggles Brand Peanut Butter Crunch Ice Cream
• Bliss Unlimited, LLC,
• Luna & Larry’s Coconut Bliss Chocolate Peanut Butter Non-Dairy Frozen Dessert
• Clemmy’s Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Ice Cream
• Acme Peanut Butter Twist Ice Cream
• Ruggles Peanut Butter Crunch and Peanut Butter Brownie Crunch Ice Cream
• Talenti Chocolate Peanut Butter Cup Gelato
• BGC Manufacturing Peanut Butter Bash Ice Cream
• Rich Products Corp. Jon Donaire Butter Cup Ice Cream Cake and TCBY Peanut Buttery Fudge     Deep Dish Frozen Yogurt Pie
•  Also recalled: Kilwans Quality Confections Sugar-Free Peanut Butter Fudge

It's difficult to keep up with what the FDA has called a "fast-moving outbreak" that has led to the recall of at least 240 products. We suggest that you be wary of any product in your home that contains nuts. Check the online lists to see if the company has issued a recall, or call the phone number on the package and ask customer service if the product has been recalled. 

Several companies on the original lists we supplied links to have expanded their recalls in response to the expanded recall issued by Sunland.  Sunland's recall now includes all products made in the Sunland nut product production facility from March 1, 2010 to September 24, 2012. For more information and updated lists, click on these links:

http://www.fda.gov/Food/FoodSafety/CORENetwork/ucm320413.htm

http://sanmateo.patch.com/articles/recall-list-of-peanut-butter-products-expands-further-salmonella-outbreak-grows-53302533

The CDC has reported that 35 people from 19 states have been infected with the outbreak strain of Salmonella Bredeney. 

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Sunland, Inc. has announced 101 recalls of its varieties of peanut butter, almond butter, cashew butter, tahini and blanched and roasted peanut products, some packaged under other brand names.  Trader Joe's announced its recall of Creamy Salted Valencia Peanut Butter, a product made by Sunland, which has caused a salmonella outbreak that led to 30 illnesses (mostly of children) in 19 states. Recalls related to the contamination in the Sunland plant have led to many more recalls of a wide variety of products sold in major supermarket chains. They carry many different brand names but all are produced by or contain ingredients made by Sunland, Inc. a New Mexico company.

Here are the types of products that these recalls have extended to:

• nuts, peanuts, and peanut sauce
• peanut butter (different varieties, such as crunchy and creamy)
• other nut butter spreads
• cookies containing nuts
• brownies containing nuts
• ice cream containing nuts
• peanut butter crunch candy
• sandwiches made with a nut butter, cinnamon, and apples
• peanut butter ice cream

Although no illnesses have been associated with any products except Trader Joe's, to be cautious, check your pantry, fridge, and freezer for these nut-containing products. If you find any, check online to find out whether what's in your home has been recalled. For the FDA's list of companies issuing related recalls, click here.  For the Sunland list, click here.  Shelf Life Advice also has a partial list of recalls.  To reach it, click here.  Be especially careful to check out any product having the name "Sunland" on it in large or small print.

The Associated Press article in the New York Daily News says that some of the stores issuing recalls are the following: Whole Foods Market, Target, Safeway, Fresh & Easy, Harry and David, Sprouts, Heinen’s, Stop & Shop Supermarket Company, Giant Food of Landover, Md. Some of those retailers used Sunland ingredients in items they prepared and packaged themselves.

Brand names included in the recalls are Archer Farms, 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.

Among those companies initiating Sunland-related recalls are Chattanooga Bakery Inc., Fairytale Brownies, Falcon Trading Company/SunRidge Farms, Giant Food, Gretchen Shoebox Express, Harry and David, Jer's Chocolates, Justin's, Late July Snacks, Newman's Own Organics, Oregon Ice Cream Company, Stop & Shop Supermarket Company and Whole Foods Market.

According to the Mayo Clinic, most salmonella infections can be classified as gastroenteritis.  The incubation period for salmonella ranges from several hours to two days. Possible signs and symptoms include nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, diarrhea, fever, chills, headache, muscle pains, and blood in the stool. This misery usually lasts 4-7 days, though it may take several months for the bowels to return to normal.  

The FDA warns consumers not to eat recalled products. This is especially important for children under the age of 5 years, elderly adults, and people with weak immune systems. Consumers should dispose of the product or return the product to the store where they purchased it.

Source(s):

http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/peanut-butter-recall-linked-to-salmonella-illnesses-now-includes-major-retailers/2012/10/01/603224be-0bdc-11e2-97a7-45c05ef136b2_story.html

nydailynews.com (from Associated Press) "Sunland peanut butter recall includes Trader Joe's, Whole Foods.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/peanut-butter-recall-includes-major-retailers-article-1.1172738

mayo clinic.com  "Salmonella Infection"

http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/salmonella/DS00926/DSECTION=symptoms

fda.gov  "FDA Investigates Multistate Outbreak of Salmonella Bredeney Infections..."

http://www.fda.gov/Food/FoodSafety/CORENetwork/ucm320413.htm