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Tuesday, March 31, 2009

wtf??????????

what's going on? i eat a LOT of peanuts and peanut products. i didn't have to give any of them up from the last recall because i know the source of my peanuts was not from the contamination site.

NOW PISTACHIO NUTS? i'm addicated and i know many others who are as well. what's happening with our food sources? i'd expect this from some countries BUT NOT OURS. how wrong am i?

truth be told i knew about the peanuts this is the FIRST i'm hearing about pistachios

FDA says to avoid pistachios amid salmonella scare
By GARANCE BURKE
The Associated Press

FRESNO, Calif. -- Federal food safety officials warned Monday that consumers should stop eating all foods containing pistachios while they figure out the source of a possible salmonella contamination.

Still reeling from the national salmonella outbreak in peanuts, the Food and Drug Administration said central California-based Setton Pistachio of Terra Bella Inc., the nation's second-largest pistachio processor, was voluntarily recalling a portion of the roasted nuts it has been shipping since last fall. A Setton spokeswoman said that amounts to more than 2 million pounds of nuts.

"Our advice to consumers is that they avoid eating pistachio products, and that they hold onto those products," said Dr. David Acheson, assistant commissioner for food safety. "The number of products that are going to be recalled over the coming days will grow, simply because these pistachio nuts have then been repackaged into consumer-level containers."......

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