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Salmonella Pistachio Consumer Alert

Consumers across the country are being advised by the federal government to avoid eating pistachios and pistachio products until investigators get a grip on the scope of a Salmonella contamination problem at a large California producer.

Several illnesses have been reported by pistachio consumers that may be related to pistachios distributed by Setton Pitschacio of Terra Bella, California., the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said today. The agency said it is conducting tests to look for matches between the strains of Salmonella found in the company's pistachios and strains of the bacteria found in ill people.
Salmonella can be fatal in small children, the elderly and people who have weakened immune systems. Symptoms include diarrhea, vomitting and fever. In rare cases, the organism can get into a person's bloodstream and cause infected aneurysms, endocarditis and arthritis.
Setton, which has processing and storage capacity capable of 60 million pounds of pistachio inventory, issued a recall Monday of bulk quantities of shelled and in-shell roasted pistachios. The FDA said a larger recall of about 1 million pounds is expected soon. Setton gathers its pistachios from growers who nurture more than 5,000 acres of California orchards.
In addition, FDA said that food companies that have used the potentially contaminated pistachios likely will be issuing recalls of their own.
Meanwhile, the FDA and California Department of Public Health are investigating Setton's facilities. No link is believed to exist with the peanut product Salmonella outbreak caused by Peanut Corporation of America (PCA), but the situation has similarities because of the potential domino effect.
In the peanut product outbreak, more than 3,600 food products have been recalled since Virginia-based PCA was found to have sold contaminated peanut butter, peanut paste and other products at the wholesale level to many different food manufacturers across the country.
PritzkerOlsen, P.A., a national food safety firm, is closely monitoring the pistachio recall and is ready to hear from consumers who may have become seriously ill from eating the nuts. The firm has a national reputation for excellence and years of experience representing survivors of foodborne illness outbreaks.
PritzkerOlsen is involved in virtually every national outbreak and has collected large sums on behalf of people injured or killed by adulterated foods. Contact the firm by calling 1-888-377-8900 or consult online with Salmonella lawyers at the firm.

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