Pistachio warning from FDA
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- March
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Add pistachio nuts to the list of foods that may be contaminated with salmonella.
The Food and Drug Administration is warning consumers not to eat any foods containing pistachio nuts after 2 million pounds of the nuts were recalled by one of the nation’s largest processors, Setton Pistachio of Terra Bella Inc, Calif.
“Our advice to consumers is that they avoid eating pistachio products, and that they hold onto those products,” Dr. David Acheson, assistant commissioner for food safety, told the Associated Press. “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.”
FDA first learned of the problem on March 24, when it was informed by Kraft Foods that its Back To Nature Trail Mix was found to be contaminated with Salmonella. Kraft had identified the source of the contamination to be pistachios from Setton and conducted a recall.
The “FDA”:http://www.fda.gov/pistachios/ is listing products that should be avoided on its Web Site.
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on Tuesday, March 31st, 2009 at 11:45 am by Jane Lerner. 
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