Macadamia Diced Nuts packaged under the following brands: 1) Shurfine recalled over Salmonella risk

Recall date

February 23, 2016

Source

U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) — enforcement report

Official notice title

Marathon Ventures Inc recalls Macadamia Diced Nuts packaged under the following brands: 1) Shurfine, Item no. 86635, 5 OZ (142 g) plastic bags, packe…

Recall number

F-1244-2016

FDA classification

Class I

Brand / firm

Marathon Ventures Inc

Sold / distributed

Product was distributed to CA, CO, GA, IA, IN, MN, MO, NC, NE, OR, SC, TX, UT, VA, and WI. There was no military/government/foreign distribution.

Why it was recalled

Product potentially contaminated with Salmonella. Routine, random product sampling by FDA revealed the presence of Salmonella in a retail package of macadamia nuts packaged by the recalling firm.

Class I is the FDA’s most serious recall level: there is a reasonable probability that using this product will cause serious harm or death.

What was recalled

Macadamia Diced Nuts packaged under the following brands: 1) Shurfine, Item no. 86635, 5 OZ (142 g) plastic bags, packed 12 bags per case, UPC 0 15400 86635 4. Distributed by Western Family Foods, Inc., Portland OR. 2) Western Family, 5 OZ (142 g) plastic bags, packed 12 per case, UPC 0 15400 16635 5. Distributed by Western Family Foods, Inc., Portland, OR. 3) HyVee, 2 OZ (57 g) plastic bags, packed 12 per case, UPC 0 75450 13287 8. Distributed by HyVee, Inc., West Des Moines, IA. 4) Market Pantry, 2.25 OZ (64 g) plastic bags, packed 12 bags per case, UPC 0 85239 52108 3. Distributed by Target Corp., Minneapolis, MN. 5) Pear's Gourmet, 16 OZ (454 g) plastic bags, UPC 0 75049 42186 4. Pear's Gourmet, Bellevue, NE 68005. 6) CWD, 5 LBS. (2.27 kg) per 1-count case, UPC 06509. Packed for and distributed by Cash-Wa Distributing Co. Kearney, North Platte, Sidney, NE. and 7) Nutpro C.C. Macadamia Nuts Style #5, 25 LBS., bulk case item no. N0609. The responsible firm is Nutpro South Africa.