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Peanut Butter Recall

Q: Are any of your products affected by the peanut butter recall?

A: General Mills announced on February 13, 2009, a voluntary recall of three flavors of Cascadian Farm snack bars containing peanuts because the products may have been sourced from the Plainview, Texas plant of Peanut Corporation of America. The snack bars being recalled are: Cascadian Farm Peanut Butter Chip Chewy Granola Bars, Cascadian Farm Sweet & Salty Mixed Nut Chewy Granola Bars, and Cascadian Farm Sweet & Salty Peanut Pretzel Chewy Granola Bars. On January 19, 2009, General Mills announced a recall of Larabar Peanut Butter Cookie bars and JamFrakas Peanut Butter Blisscrisp bars because the products contained ingredients sourced from the same company.

Q: Which Cascadian Farms products are being recalled?

A: General Mills announced on February 13, 2009 a voluntary recall of three flavors of Cascadian Farm snack bars containing peanuts: Cascadian Farm Peanut Butter Chip Chewy Granola Bars, Cascadian Farm Sweet & Salty Mixed Nut Chewy Granola Bars, and Cascadian Farm Sweet & Salty Peanut Pretzel Chewy Granola Bars.

The company said it has no reason to believe there is any safety issue with these products, but that it is taking the action, as a precaution, because peanut pieces in the products may have been sourced from the Plainview, Texas plant of Peanut Corporation of America.

PCA is no longer a supplier to Cascadian Farm, and no other types, varieties or flavors of Cascadian Farm products are being recalled.

The specific products in this recall include:

Cascadian Farm products are sold in traditional and specialty retail stores. Consumers who have products covered by this recall are urged to dispose of the product, and to contact Cascadian Farm for a full refund. Consumers with questions or concerns about the recall may call the toll-free hotline at 1-800-624-4123.

In addition to this recall, on January 19, 2009 General Mills announced a recall of Larabar Peanut Butter Cookie bars and JamFrakas Peanut Butter Blisscrisp bars because the products contained ingredients sourced from the same company. No other General Mills products utilize any ingredients purchased from Peanut Corporation of America.

Q: Which LÄRABAR & JAMFRAKAS products are being recalled?

A: On January 19, General Mills announced a recall of Larabar Peanut Butter Cookie bars and JamFrakas Peanut Butter Blisscrisp bars because the products contained ingredients sourced from the same company. No illnesses have been reported in connection with LÄRABAR or JamFrakas products, and no other types, varieties or flavors of LÄRABAR or JamFrakas products are being recalled.

Peanut butter produced by Peanut Corporation of America (PCA) has been implicated in an outbreak of salmonella. As the scope of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) investigation into this outbreak expanded this weekend, Peanut Corporation of America expanded its recall to additional lot codes of peanut butter. PCA supplied peanut butter to one of General Mills' suppliers, including some lots that were part of the expanded recall, prompting General Mills to issue its own voluntary national Class I recall of the two LÄRABAR and JamFrakas products potentially involved.

LÄRABAR Peanut Butter Cookie flavor snack bars and JamFrakas Peanut Butter Blisscrisp flavor snack bars are distributed nationally under the LÄRABAR and JamFrakas brands, and are sold primarily as individual bars in grocery and specialty retail stores.

The specific products in this recall include:

A combined 15,000 cases of product are involved. This includes all production of these two particular flavors, which were introduced in June.

The FDA has indicated that Peanut Corporation of America is the focus of an investigation into salmonella-related illnesses thought to be caused by tainted peanut butter. Salmonella is an organism that can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections, particularly in young children, the elderly, and persons with weakened immune systems. Healthy persons infected with salmonella often experience fever, diarrhea, nausea, vomiting and/or abdominal pain. For more information, visit the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Web site at http://www.cdc.gov.

Consumers who have products covered by this recall are urged to dispose of the product, and to contact LÄRABAR or JamFrakas for a full refund. Consumers with questions or concerns about the recall may call the toll-free hotline at 1-800-543-2147.

In addition to this recall, General Mills announced on February 13, 2009 a voluntary recall of three flavors of Cascadian Farm snack bars containing peanuts: Cascadian Farm Peanut Butter Chip Chewy Granola Bars, Cascadian Farm Sweet & Salty Mixed Nut Chewy Granola Bars, and Cascadian Farm Sweet & Salty Peanut Pretzel Chewy Granola Bars. No other General Mills products utilize any ingredients purchased from Peanut Corporation of America.

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