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Salmonella Leads to Pistachio Recall

After finding evidence of Salmonella contamination in a shipment of pistachios from a California supplier, Georgia Nut Company of Skokie, Illinois, has announced a recall of products made with pistachios.

The voluntary recall, which was announced in conjunction with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, is not the result of any illnesses and is not related in any way to the peanut butter Salmonella outbreak caused by Peanut Corporation of America, said Rick Drehobl, CEO of Georgia Nut.

He told customers in a recall letter that the problem was detected in the company's sampling and testing of a pistachio shipment.

The products under the recall were distributed in Wauwatosa, Wisc., Greenfield, Wisc., and the greater Chicago area. There were also limited online sales, the company said. Details of the recall are as follows:

• Bulk Deluxe Mixed Nuts with shelled pistachios purchased at the Not Just Nuts store in Wauwatosa, WI from Dec. 5, 2008 through March 24, 2009.
• Bulk or custom packaged Deluxe Mixed Nuts with shelled pistachios purchased at Georgia Nut retail stores in Skokie and Glenview, IL, Georgia Nut’s Chocolate House location in Greenfield, WI, and through the Company’s website from Dec 11, 2008 through March 23, 2009.
• Bulk or custom packaged Dry Roasted Shelled Pistachios purchased at Georgia Nut retail stores in Skokie and Glenview, IL, Georgia Nut’s Chocolate House location in Greenfield, WI, and through the Company’s website purchased from Dec 3, 2008 through March 23, 2009.
• Mixed Nuts Deluxe Roasted and Salted Bulk with shelled pistachios purchased from clear plastic bulk bins in the produce department at Dominick’s Finer Food stores in the greater Chicagoland area from Dec. 10, 2008 through March 25, 2009.

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