Pine Nut Recall Expands To 21,000 Pounds
A recall of tainted pine nuts that are the source of a Salmonella outbreak that has sickened 42 people has been expanded from 5,000 pounds to 21,000 pounds, the federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced Friday.
On October 26, Wegmans Food Markets, Inc., of Rochester, N.Y., announced a recall of approximately 5,000 lbs. of Turkish pine nuts sold at its stores in New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Virginia, and Maryland between July 1 and October 18, 2011, due to possible Salmonella contamination.
On Friday, November 4, Wegmans pine nut supplier, Sunrise Commodities, based in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, announced that it is recalling 21,000 pounds of Turkish pine nuts after FDA tests confirmed the presence of Salmonella on the product. Additional testing is underway to determine if the Salmonella detected matches the outbreak strain.
Sunrise Commodities has voluntarily recalled four lots of Turkish pine nuts that were distributed in bulk to various food vendors in Florida, New Jersey, New York and Canada. Each lot was packed in 22-pound boxes and included the markings:
Warehouse Lot 27963 with the identifying code “PO#: 50165”
Warehouse Lot 29628 with the identifying code “PO#: 50558”
Warehouse Lot 27713 with the identifying code “PO#: 49595”
Warehouse Lot 27427 with the identifying code “PO#: 50032”
Symptoms of salmonellosis include diarrhea, fever, and abdominal cramps 12 to 72 hours after infection. The illness usually lasts four to seven days and most people recover without treatment. However, in some cases, the symptoms may be so severe that the patient needs to be hospitalized. If it spreads to the intestines or bloodstream a Salmonella infection can be serious and sometimes, fatal. Older adults, infants, and those with impaired immune systems are most susceptible to likely Salmonella infection. Anyone who has these symptoms should seek medical attention.
The law firm of PritzkerOlsen P.A. is representing a person from New York who was hospitalized after she consumed pine nuts sold at Wegmans. Attorney Ryan Osterholm is our managing attorney for these cases. He can be reached at 1-888-377-8900 (toll free) or by submitting our free consultation form.
