The following information on the Abbott Nutrition peanut butter bar recall is provided by PritzkerLaw. Our law firm is representing the family of one of the people who died in the Salmonella Typhimurium outbreak that has sickened over 470 people and has been associated with 6 deaths. This case does not involve the products below, which have been recalled but have not been implicated in this outbreak.

Read our press releases: Salmonella wrongful death and Attorney Fred Pritzker Says Salmonella Outbreak Raises Food Safety Questions. Below is the Abbott Nutrition recall announcement as provided by the FDA:

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Jan. 19, 2009 -- Abbott Nutrition today announced that it is initiating a precautionary, voluntary recall of ZonePerfect® Chocolate Peanut Butter bars, ZonePerfect® Peanut Toffee bars and NutriPals™ Peanut Butter Chocolate bars in response to the widening recall involving peanut butter and peanut paste ingredients manufactured by Peanut Corporation of America (PCA).

PCA was one of the peanut ingredient suppliers to the company.

The specified Abbott Nutrition items, sold in the U.S. and internationally (Mexico, New Zealand and Singapore) in various packages and quantities, have not been linked to a nationwide salmonella outbreak and there have been no reported cases of the salmonella illness associated with ZonePerfect or NutriPals products.

Abbott Nutrition tests every lot of finished ZonePerfect and NutriPals bars for salmonella and no salmonella contamination has been detected. This voluntary recall does not apply to Abbott Nutrition products sold in Canada.

Abbott Nutrition's action to issue a voluntary recall was supported by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration's advisement to manufacturers of an ongoing outbreak of salmonella involving peanut butter and peanut paste supplied by PCA. No other Abbott Nutrition products have been impacted by the PCA recall.

Abbott is working with retail partners to remove the specified products from retail store shelves and encouraging customers and consumers to verify if they have the specified products.
Consumers who have purchased the recalled products are urged to destroy the product. U.S. consumers with questions or who would like a refund may contact Abbott Nutrition Consumer Relations at (800) 986-8884.

Products impacted by the voluntary withdrawal are as follows:

• ZonePerfect Chocolate Peanut Butter bars, all sizes and quantities


• ZonePerfect Peanut Toffee bars, all sizes and quantities


• NutriPals Peanut Butter Chocolate nutrition bars, all sizes and quantitie

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Over 450 people have been sickened and 6 people have died in a Salmonella Typhimurium outbreak that has been genetically linked to King Nut Peanut Butter manufactured by Peanut Corporation of America. The outbreak has prompted a number of recalls:

• King Nut Peanut Butter recall
• Peanut Corporation of America Recall
• Kellogg Recall: Austin Crackers and Keebler Peanut Butter Cookies
• Hy Vee Cookie Recall
• Perry's Ice Cream Recall
• Wal-Mart Peanut Butter Cookie Recall
• Lofthouse Peanut Butter Cookie Recall
• Food Lion Peanut Butter Cookie Recall
• South Bend Chocolate Company Candy Recall
• Little Debbie Cracker Recall

Our law firm has filed papers in preparation for a suit against King Nut Companies and Peanut Corporation of America. Contact us about the Salmonella Typhimurium lawsuit.

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The following information on the Little Debbie cracker recall is provided by PritzkerLaw. Our law firm is representing the family of one of the people who died in the Salmonella Typhimuium outbreak that has sickened over 450 people and has been associated with 6 deaths. Read our press releases: Salmonella wrongful death and Attorney Fred Pritzker Says Salmonella Outbreak Raises Food Safety Questions.

Below is Little Debbie cracker recall information:

COLLEGEDALE, Tenn. -- January 18, 2009 -- McKee Foods Corporation today announced a voluntary recall of two varieties of peanut butter sandwich crackers because the products have the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella. The two sandwich crackers are:

• Little Debbie® Peanut Butter Toasty sandwich crackers — all sizes.
• Little Debbie® Peanut Butter Cheese sandwich crackers — all sizes.

No other Little Debbie® products are involved in this recall.

These two sandwich cracker products were manufactured for McKee Foods by Kellogg Company. On January 14, Kellogg Company announced a precautionary hold on several of its peanut butter sandwich crackers while FDA and other authorities investigated Peanut Corporation of America (PCA), one of Kellogg’s peanut paste suppliers for these crackers. McKee Foods followed that action with a voluntary withdrawal of the two Little Debbie® peanut butter sandwich crackers. PCA has now expanded their earlier recall to include peanut paste and peanut butter, prompting Kellogg to immediately announce a recall of certain cookie and cracker products. Accordingly, McKee Foods is announcing this recall of its two peanut butter sandwich crackers.

McKee Foods has not received any consumer illness complaints about its Peanut Butter Toasty or Peanut Butter Cheese sandwich crackers.

Products impacted by the recall were produced on or after July 1, 2008, and include all sizes, weights and packages.

The Little Debbie® Cheddar on Cheese sandwich cracker is not affected by this action.

McKee Foods does not purchase peanut paste or peanut butter from PCA, and therefore, no other Little Debbie® products containing peanut butter are affected by this action.

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The following information on the South Bend Chocolate Company candy recall is provided by PritzkerLaw. Our law firm is representing the family of one of the people who died in the Salmonella Typhimuium outbreak that has sickened over 450 people and has been associated with 6 deaths. Read our press releases: Salmonella wrongful death and Attorney Fred Pritzker Says Salmonella Outbreak Raises Food Safety Questions.

Below is South Bend Chocolate Company candy recall information:

January 18, 2009 -- The South Bend Chocolate Company today announced a voluntary recall of certain candy products because they contain peanut butter from Peanut Corporation of America, which may be contaminated with Salmonella.

Candy impacted by the recall are all sold under The South Bend Chocolate Company brand name and were produced on or after July 1, 2008. The candies under recall including:

• Assorted chocolates in 5 ounce (Product 121), 8 ounce (Product 122), 12 ounce (Product 123) and 26 ounce (Product 124) boxes [Note the sugar free assorted chocolates are not affected, and are not part of the recall]
• Hoosiers in 5 ounce (Product 010, UPC# 4482300011) and 3.5 ounce (Product o11, UPC# 4482300010)
• Valentine Heart, 14 ounces (Product 1020)

The following products are also under recall and are sold to retail stores in bulk for sales of smaller quantities to their customers:

• 4.5lb Peanut Butter Fudge, Product 228
• 4 lb. Hoosiers, Product 410
• 5 lb. Peanut Butter Meltaway, Milk Chocolate, Product 204
• 5 lb. Peanut Butter Meltaways-Dark Chocolate, Product 204D
• 4.5lb Peanut Butter Chocolate Fudge, Product 229

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The following information on the Food Lion peanut butter cookie recall is provided by PritzkerLaw. Our law firm is representing the family of one of the people who died in the Salmonella Typhimuium outbreak that has sickened over 450 people and has been associated with 6 deaths. Read our press releases: Salmonella wrongful death and Attorney Fred Pritzker Says Salmonella Outbreak Raises Food Safety Questions.

Below is Food Lion peanut butter cookie recall information:

Downers Grove, IL, January 18, 2009 - Ralcorp Frozen Bakery Products, Inc. announced that it has taken the precautionary measure of voluntarily recalling its Food Lion Bake Shop brand PEANUT BUTTER COOKIES because the cookies have the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella. The recalled cookies contain peanut butter supplied by Peanut Corporation of America which is the subject of an investigation concerning recent Salmonella outbreaks. No illnesses have been reported in connection with the recalled cookies. No other type of Food Lion brand cookies are being recalled.

The recalled peanut butter cookies are distributed nationally under the Food Lion cookie brand Bake Shop. The Bake Shop peanut butter cookies are sold in 12 count clear plastic clamshell containers in the in-store bakery sections of Food Lion grocery stores. The products will have a lot code of 9200 or less.

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The following information on the Lofthouse peanut butter cookie recall is provided by PritzkerLaw. Our law firm is representing the family of one of the people who died in the Salmonella Typhimuium outbreak that has sickened over 450 people and has been associated with 6 deaths. Read our press releases: Salmonella wrongful death and Attorney Fred Pritzker Says Salmonella Outbreak Raises Food Safety Questions.

Below is Lofthouse peanut butter cookie recall information:

Downers Grove, IL, January 18, 2009 -- Ralcorp Frozen Bakery Products, Inc. announced that it has taken the precautionary measure of voluntarily recalling its Lofthouse® brand PEANUT BUTTER COOKIES, PEANUT BUTTER NO-BAKE COOKIES and PEANUT BUTTER FUDGE NO-BAKE COOKIES, Parco Foods’ Chuck’s Chunky® food service brand PEANUT BUTTER COOKIES and Pastries Plus GOURMET COOKIES because the cookies have the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella. The recalled cookies contain peanut butter supplied by Peanut Corporation of America which is the subject of an investigation concerning recent Salmonella outbreaks. No illnesses have been reported in connection with the recalled cookies. No other type of Lofthouse, Chuck’s Chunky or Pastries Plus brand cookies are being recalled.

The Lofthouse peanut butter cookies are sold in 12 count clear plastic clamshell containers while the peanut butter fudge no-bake cookies and the peanut butter no-bake cookies are sold in 9 or 12 count clear plastic clamshell containers. The recalled Lofthouse cookies are sold nationally in the in-store bakery sections of grocery stores and other food retailers. The Parco Foods’ Chuck’s Chunky cookies are distributed nationally in 5lb boxes in the food service channels. The Pastries Plus gourmet cookies were sold in 21 count plastic containers in select club stores nationally. All products will have a lot code of 9200 or less.

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The following information on the Wal-Mart peanut butter cookie recall is provided by PritzkerLaw. Our law firm is representing the family of one of the people who died in the Salmonella Typhimuium outbreak that has sickened over 450 people and has been associated with 6 deaths. Read our press releases: Salmonella wrongful death and Attorney Fred Pritzker Says Salmonella Outbreak Raises Food Safety Questions.

Below is the FDA Wal-Mart peanut butter cookie recall announcement:

Downers Grove, IL, January 18, 2009 -- Ralcorp Frozen Bakery Products, Inc. announced that it has taken the precautionary measure of voluntarily recalling all Wal-Mart Bakery brands of PEANUT BUTTER COOKIES, PEANUT BUTTER NO-BAKE COOKIES and PEANUT BUTTER FUDGE NO-BAKE COOKIES because they have the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella. The cookies contain peanut butter supplied by Peanut Corporation of America which is the subject of an FDA investigation concerning recent Salmonella outbreaks. No illnesses have been reported in connection with the recalled cookies and no other type of Wal-Mart Bakery brand cookies are being recalled.

The recalled peanut butter cookies are distributed nationally under the Wal-Mart Bakery cookies brand. The recalled Wal-Mart Bakery no-bake peanut butter cookies and no-bake fudge peanut butter cookies were distributed nationally with the exception of the following states: Wisconsin, Michigan, Minnesota, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Delaware, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hamshire and Maine. The cookies are sold in the in-store bakery sections of only Wal-Mart stores and have a code date of 9200 or less.

Product Description and SKU (Number on bottom used to scan at checkout)
WalMart Bakery Peanut Butter Cookie, 12 Count Clear Plastic Container	70897161809
WalMart Bakery Harvest Peanut Butter Fudge No-Bake,9 Count Clear Plastic Container	70897190990
WalMart Bakery Peanut Butter Fudge No-Bake, 9 Count Clear Plastic Container	70897190954
WalMart Bakery Peanut Butter Fudge No-Bake, 12 Count Clear Plastic Container	70897161843

Salmonella is 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 Salmonella can result in the organism getting into the bloodstream and producing more severe illnesses such as arterial infections (i.e., infected aneurysms), endocarditis and arthritis.

The FDA and other regulatory agencies have indicated that Peanut Corporation of America (PCA) is the focus of their investigation concerning a recent Salmonella outbreak thought to be caused by tainted peanut butter. PCA supplied the Company with peanut butter it used in the recalled cookies. The Company has been informed that the FDA continues its investigation as to what caused the problem with peanut butter supplied by PCA.

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The current Salmonella Typhimurium outbreak has prompted leading food safety lawyer Fred Pritzker to issue a press release this week as a call to action to improve federal food safety. He is founder and president of Pritzker Law, one of the few firms in the country that practices extensively in the area of foodborne illness litigation. Pritzker's firm has been involved with practically every major food poisoning outbreak including the Peter Pan peanut butter Salmonella outbreak of early 2007. The firm has collected millions of dollars on behalf of victims of food poisoning. For more information, visit http://www.pritzkerlaw.com or contact Fred Pritzker at (612) 338-0202.
According to USA Today's latest figures from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, the outbreak has sickened 425 people in 43 states. Three deaths are associated with the outbreak; one in Minnesota and two in Virginia.


Pritzker Press Release
Minneapolis, Minn. -- The second major U.S. Salmonella outbreak in less than 24 months involving peanut butter suggests an industry-wide problem and demonstrates the need for more intense regulation and faster detection of an outbreak's source, leading food safety lawyer Fred Pritzker said.
"The American public should not have to guess about the safety of a product beloved by children,'' said Pritzker, one of the nation's most experienced practitioners of foodborne illness litigation.
King Nut Companies of Solon, Ohio, has announced a recall of its King Nut brand of peanut butter after the Minnesota Department of Health, working in conjunction with the Minnesota Department of Agriculture, announced it found evidence that Salmonella Typhimurium found in a five-pound container of King Nut creamy peanut is a genetic match to the strains of Salmonella associated with the national outbreak.
King Nut peanut butter is manufactured by Peanut Corporation of America, a company based in Lynchburg, Virginia. The brand is sold to commercial foodservice accounts, including nursing homes and hospitals, not to retail stores.
Pritzker's Minneapolis law firm has been closely monitoring developments in the Salmonella Typhimurium outbreak that has sickened at least 410 people in 43 states since mid-September, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Three deaths are associated with the outbreak, the CDC has said. In early 2007, Pritzker witnessed first hand the suffering of clients sickened in a nationwide Salmonella outbreak caused by Peter Pan and Great Value brand peanut butter.
In that instance, ConAgra recalled the product, but not before it was linked to 628 Salmonella illnesses in 47 states, according to the CDC.
Pritzker said federal agencies have failed to readily find the cause of two consecutive Salmonella outbreaks, raising questions about the government's effectiveness. Last year, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration drew heavy criticism for falsely correlating a nationwide Salmonella outbreak with U.S.-grown tomatoes. After weeks passed and more than 1,400 people became ill, the same Minnesota investigators who zeroed in on King Nut peanut butter correctly linked last year's Salmonella outbreak to jalapeno peppers grown in Mexico.
Pritzker said the record is evidence that more resources must be devoted to federal food safety -- both in prevention of contamination and detection of outbreaks. The current system is undermined by too much fragmentation of responsibility and not enough coordination between federal, state and local agencies, Pritzker said.
"This means more money and more staff must be devoted to federal food safety,'' Pritzker said.
"One also has to wonder if microbiological testing is lax,'' Pritzker said, especially in manufactured foods such as peanut butter. "This isn't a case involving fresh produce that is difficult to test. It's about a food product with a long shelf life that should not be allowed to leave the manufacturer unless its safety is confirmed.''
Pritzker called on the companies involved in the latest outbreak to launch a major communications effort to alert consumers to the dangers associated with the products that have been recalled. The campaign should include instructions for handling and testing product believed to be associated with the outbreak, he said.
In addition, Pritzker called on the responsible companies to immediately agree to pay for medical expenses and wage loss benefits for victims linked to the outbreak. There also should be a prompt and robust plan for reimbursing purchasers for the cost of the recalled product, he said.
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State and federal agencies have provided new updates on the Salmonella Typhimurium outbreak that has sickened 410 persons in 43 states since mid-September.

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