Michigan companies recall brown almonds

Michigan companies recall brown almonds

The Associated Press
Last Updated: May 25, 2004, 08:33:49 PM PDT


DETROIT (AP) - Three Michigan nut packagers have issued recalls of natural raw whole brown almonds because of possible salmonella contamination.

The recalls were issued by Variety Foods Inc., Thrift Products Co. and Germack Pistachio Co. The companies repackage almonds grown in California for resale in Michigan and other states.

Variety Foods' recall affects products with the Pic-A-Nut and Sunray Food brand names, including: Natural Raw Whole Brown Almonds, Cashew-Almond-Raisin Mix, Energy Mix, Fruity Nut Mix, Nutty Mix and Fitness Mix. The products have "best before" dates of Aug. 4, 2004 through May 31, 2005. The products are distributed in Michigan, Indiana and Ohio.

Thrift Products' recall affects Raw Whole Almonds and Almond Bits diced almonds packaged as Thrifty Nuts. The packages have a "best if used by" date of March, 2005 and have the UPC codes 79348-11960 and 79348-11955, respectively. Thrift Products distributes nuts in Michigan and northern Indiana.

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and all other tree nuts and peanuts. Serendipity reigns.

We were in there about a week ago, and they'd yanked them all until they could look into it -- put a sign up explaining it, too.

I was violently ill for about 7 days. Not something anyone should have to go through.

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