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Friday, March 22, 2013

Pet Food Recall Impacts Products At Burlington Store

Several brand names impacted by recall.

A voluntarily recall by a national pet food company impacts products being sold a local pet supply store. Natura Pet announced this week it was recalling certain California Natural, Innova, EVO and Healthwise dry dog, cat and ferret SKUs as a "precautionary measure due to potential Salmonella contamination." The Innova food product sold at Petco in Burlington, according to it's web site. In a letter sent out to its retail outlets, Natura Pet officials said they had been alerted to a confirmed presence of Salmonella in a 2.2lb package of EVO Turkey & Chicken Cat Food. "We are taking the precautionary measure to voluntarily recall the entire production window that was produced from December 17-January 2. We believe this action is consistent …

Wednesday, November 28, 2012

Peanut Butter Plant to Trader Joe's, Whole Foods Shut by FDA

The Sunland Inc. plant that distributes products to Trader Joe's, Whole Foods, Sprouts, Target, Safeway and others is linked to Salmonella contamination that made at least 41 people ill in 20 states.

  The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced Monday that it has blocked food distribution from the Sunland Inc. peanut butter plant in New Mexico whose products were subject to a wide recall in recent months because of salmonella contamination. The various types of Sunland peanut butter products—sold under several brands by major food retailers, including Trader Joe's, Whole Foods, Sprouts, Target and Safeway—had been part of a voluntary recall that began in September and later was expanded to include other nut butters as well as processed nuts and peanuts. The FDA action announced Monday is a mandatory order. The company's nut products have been "linked to an outbreak of Salmonella Bredeney that has sickened 41 people in 20 states," …

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