Kellogg and Kroger have recalled more products amid the peanut salmonella outbreak in the US.
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Bear Naked, the Kellogg-owned granola business, said on Saturday (31 January) that it would pull all Appalachian Trail Mix products.
The company said the affected lines carry a “Better if Used Before” date prior to 1 February, 2010 and have the following bar codes on the package: 85641600187, 85641600141, 85641600174, 85641642518, 85641600189 and 88462343792.
The recall came in the wake of last week’s move from Peanut Corporation of America, the supplier at the centre of the outbreak, to extend its own recall to include all peanut and peanut products produced at its plant in Blakely, Georgia since the start of 2007. Previously, the recall covered only peanut butter or peanut paste.
Kellogg has been one of the US food manufacturers caught up in the salmonella scare, which has been linked to the PCA site in Blakely.
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By GlobalDataKellogg has recalled ShopRite peanut butter sandwich crackers after confirming that the lines contained peanut butter made by PCA, and could be contaminated by salmonella.
The US cereals and snacks giant had earlier confirmed that salmonella had been found in one package of its Austin crackers.
Kroger, the US retailer, which had already recalled ice cream products, announced on Saturday that it would also pull peanut butter store-baked and store-packaged cookies and select cakes from its stores.
The lines have been pulled from stores, including Ralphs, Fred Meyer and Kroger’s namesake outlets, in 31 states.
As of 28 January, 529 people across 43 US states have been infected with the salmonella strain linked to the outbreak, according to figures from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Eight deaths have been linked to the outbreak, while one person has also been reported ill in Canada.
A report from the US Food and Drug Administration has claimed that PCA found salmonella contamination at its Blakely plant on 12 occasions – but had the products retested and shipped out to market.
For its part, PCA has claimed that it does “not agree with all the observations noted” in the FDA report, claiming that it contains “some inaccuracies”.
PCA has also “categorically” denied a claim that it sought favourable results from any lab in a bid to get clearance to ship its products.
“PCA uses only two highly reputable labs for product testing and they are widely used by the industry and employ good laboratory practices,” the company said last week.
