Peanut Products Recall

US salmonella outbreak threatens NZ through peanut butter products - This is a copy of a recent article featured on the TV3 Website (Wed, 21 Jan 2009)

There are concerns a salmonella outbreak that has killed at least six people in the United States may spread to New Zealand.

The Kellogg Company is recalling 16 products in the United States after officials confirmed salmonella contamination at a Georgia facility that sold peanut products to 85 food companies.

And Abbott Nutrition has recalled three food bars exported to New Zealand because of the possibility of salmonella contamination.

They are the ZonePerfect chocolate peanut butter bar, the peanut toffee bar and the NutriPals peanut butter chocolate nutrition bars.

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Special Note – if you eat USANA nutritional products please read the following.

USANA continues to manufacture products you can trust! USANA Headquarters assures us that their products that contain peanuts are perfectly safe due to our strict manufacturing guidelines (GMP).

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