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Article: WIRTH'S NUTCRACKER SWEET INITIATES INITIATES VOLUNTARY RECALL OF PISTACHIOS SOLD IN MICHIGAN BECAUSE OF POSSIBLE RISK TO HEALTH
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- July 7, 2009
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SANFORD, Mich., June 16 -- The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services' Food & Drug Administration issued the following recall notice:
Wirth's Nutcracker Sweet of Sanford, MI is voluntarily recalling 258 of their 2-lb holiday party trays containing roasted and salted pistachios in the shell because they have the potential to be contaminated with salmonella, an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems. Healthy persons infected with Salmonella often experience fever, diarrhea (which may be bloody), nausea, vomiting and abdominal pain. In rare circumstances, infection with ...