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Setton Issues Another Pistachio Alert

Setton Pistachio of Terra Bella Inc. has expanded its recall of products contaminated by Salmonella to include all lots of roasted shelled pistachios and roasted in-shell pistachios from its 2008 crop year.
The California company had previously issued at least two other recalls, but they only applied to certain lots of pistachios.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said Monday that Setton expanded its recall after FDA and California state health investigators notified the company that government inspectors found Salmonella organisms in critical areas of the company's processing facilities. Investigators also found the potential for cross-contamination of raw and roasted products, the FDA said in a news release.

Setton's 2008 pistachio crop was distributed around the country, often in commercial-sized totes weighing up to one ton each for use as ingredients by food manufacturers. The FDA said the expanded recall undoubtedly will lead to more recalls of pistachio-containing products. So far, the pistachio recall list kept by FDA includes 194 entries.

FDA said weeks ago that it is investigating consumer reports of illness that may be associated with Salmonella contamination of Setton's pistachios. Meanwhile, the agency is warning consumers not to eat pistachios or products containing them until they can determine that the products do not contain pistachios recalled by Setton.

Salmonella infections can be fatal in young children, the elderly and people with weakened immune systems. Initial symptoms include diarrhea, vomiting, nausea and fever.

National food safety law firm PritzkerOlsen, P.A., is representing Salmonella victims around the country, including the families of three woman who died from eating contaminated peanut products sold by Peanut Corporation of America. With a national reputation for excellence and a proven record of Salmonella settlements for clients, the firm is involved in virtually every major food poisoning outbreak in the United States.

To contact a Salmonella lawyer at PritzkerOlsen, call 1-888-377-8900 (toll free) or submit a free online case consultation form.

The complete, expanded recall by Setton also applies to retail-sized packages of pistachios ranging from 5-pound craft bags of "Setton Farms'' roasted and salted pistachios to 16-ounce bags of "Trader Joe" chili lemon-flavored pistachios.

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