Farley's and Sathers Candy Company, Inc. Announces Voluntary Nationwide Recall of Select Peanut Items

As a result of the expansion of Peanut Corporation of America’s (PCA), Blakely, Georgia facility, recall to include all peanut ingredients produced since January 1, 2007, Farley's & Sathers Candy Company, Inc. has issued a voluntary nationwide recall for products containing PCA supplied peanuts. This PCA facililty is the subject of an U.S. Food and Drug Administration investigation into potential Salmonella contamination of peanut butter, peanut paste, and whole peanuts.

The following items distributed by Farley's & Sathers Candy Company, Inc. contain peanuts supplied by PCA:

* Farley’s® Chocolate Double Dipped Peanuts; 6.5 oz Plastic Peg Bag; containing pack code digits 9243C; UPC 7309360666.
* Brach’s® Chocolate Peanut Clusters; Bulk; containing pack code digits 9229LX8322, 9230LX8323, 9232LX8325; with UPC 1130006706.
* Brach’s® Chocolate Peanut Caramel Clusters; Bulk; containing pack code digits beginning in 73, 80, 82, 83, 90, 91; with UPC 1130056709.
* Brach’s® Double Dippers Chocolate Peanuts; containing pack code digits 9236LY8240; with UPC 1130004701
* Brach’s® Chocolate Peanut Clusters; 12 oz Plastic Laydown Bag; containing pack code digits 9147LY8240, 9148LZ8241; with UPC 1130056709.
* Brach’s® Chocolate Peanut Caramel Clusters; 12 oz Plastic Laydown Bag; containing pack codes 9068UX8252, 9176UX8214; with UPC 1130011709.
* Brach’s® Chocolate Peanut Clusters; 3.25 oz Plastic Peg Bag; containing pack code digits 9229LZ8322; with UPC 1130057706.
* Brach’s® Double Dippers Chocolate Peanuts; 7 oz Plastic Peg Bag; containing pack code digits 9236LY8329, 9236LZ8329; with UPC 1130074701.
* Brach’s® Peanut Butter Clusters; 5.5 oz Plastic Peg Bag; all lot codes with UPC 1130074704.
* Brach’s® Chocolate Peanut Clusters; 7 oz Plastic Peg Bag; containing pack codes beginning 9229L, 9230L; with UPC 1130074706.
* Brach’s® Chocolate Peanut Clusters; 16 oz Laydown Bag; containing pack codes beginning 9147L and 9233L, and codes 9147LZ8240, 9117LX8210; with UPC 1130080706.
* Farley’s® French Burnt Peanuts 2/$3; 9 oz Plastic Peg Bag; all lot codes with UPC 7309360286.
* Sathers® French Burnt Peanuts 2/$1; 2 oz Plastic Peg Bag; all lot codes with UPC 7560287455.
* Sunny Select Boston Baked Beans; 9 oz Plastic Peg Bags; all lot codes with UPC 1754413328.
* Sunny Select French Burnt Peanuts; 9 oz Plastic Peg Bags; all lot codes with UPC 1754413338.
* Sathers® French Burnt Peanuts PAL; 5.25 oz Paper Header Label Peg Bag; all lot codes with UPC 7560213455.
* Sathers® Boston Baked Beans PAL; 5.25 oz Paper Header Label Peg Bag; all lot codes with UPC 7560213457.
* Sathers® French Burnt Peanuts 2/$2; 5.25 oz Paper Header Label Peg Bag; all lot codes with UPC 7560214455.
* Sathers® French Burnt Peanuts PAL; 4.25 oz Plastic Peg Bag; all lot codes with UPC 7560223455.
* Brach’s® French Burnt Peanuts; 7 oz Plastic Peg Bag; all lot codes with UPC 1130038119.
* Cable Car French Burnt Peanuts; 5.25 oz Plastic Peg Bag; all lot codes with UPC 2750930559.
* Sathers® Boston Baked Beans 2/$1; 2.5 oz Paper Header Label; all lot codes with UPC 7560207457.
* Sathers® French Burnt Peanuts 2/$1; 2 oz Plastic Peg Bag; all lot codes with UPC 7560287455.
* Sathers® Boston Baked Beans 2/$1; 2 oz Plastic Peg Bag; all lot codes with UPC 7560287457.

The package code is stamped on the back of the package in the lower left corner. The UPC is located on under the scan bars on the lower right corner of the package. Case codes for bulk product are located on the side of box next to the product description and UPC.

Consumers who purchased the recalled items should discontinue use immediately and return items to the store location where they were purchased or destroy the product.

No other Farley's & Sathers Candy Company, Inc. products are part of this recall. No illnesses have been reported to date in connection with these items. The items listed contain peanuts that were supplied by the Peanut Corporation of America and have the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella, an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems. Healthy persons infected with Salmonella often experience fever, diarrhea (which may be bloody), nausea, vomiting and abdominal pain. In rare circumstances, infection with Salmonella can result in the organism getting into the bloodstream and producing more severe illnesses such as arterial infections (i.e., infected aneurysms), endocarditis and arthritis. For more information on Salmonella, please visit the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s website at http://www.cdc.gov.

Consumer safety is important to Farley's & Sathers. Farley's & Sathers Candy Company, Inc. is working with the FDA and has issued this voluntary recall as a precautionary measure. For additional information, please contact Farley's & Sathers Candy Company, Inc. at 1-888-247-9855 between 8 A.M. and 5 P.M. Monday through Friday, Central time.

Palmer Candy Company Announces A Nationwide Voluntary Recall of Peanut Clusters and Bridge Mix Because of Possible Health Risk*

Palmer Candy Company, is voluntarily recalling the following items because it has the potential to contain salmonella. This recall applies only to the listed code dates.

Peanut Clusters

Brand Name on Bag	UPC	Size	Best Before Code	Best Before Code	Best Before Code
Casey's General Store	98437-12001	7 oz	051609	051709	051909
Palmer Peg	77232-15104	7 oz	051709
Best Choice (AWG)	70038-61930	7 oz	051909	061309
Best Choice (AWG)	70038-59773	12 oz	051909	061009
Shurfine	11161-19388	12 oz	052109
Eagle Premium (Amcon)	42625-00952	7 oz	052109	060909
Food Club	36800-07770	12 oz	061009

• Codes are printed on the back of each bag

Brand Name On Bulk Case	Item Code	Weight	Code Date Stamped On Case
Palmer Candy	77232-10704	22 lbs	All codes between B80401 to B81307
Shurfresh	11161-48682	22 lbs	All codes between B80401 to B81307
Sconza Candy	41668-82036	22 lbs	All codes between B80401 to B81307

Bridge Mix

Brand Name on Bag	UPC	Size	Best Before Code	Best Before Code	Best Before Code
Hy-Vee	75450-08232	12 oz	090409
Casey's General Store	98437-12003	6.5 oz	090909	093009
Eagle Premium (Amcon)	42625-00953	6.5 oz	090909
Best Choice (AWG)	70038-61932	6.5 oz	091509	100709
Best Choice (AWG)	70038-59774	12 oz	091509
Spartan	11213-04217	4 oz	091709
Hy-Vee	75450-08462	6.5 oz	092309
Valu Time	11225-03360	5.5 oz	092309
Shurfine - Western Family	15400-86470	7.5 oz	092909

• Codes are printed on the back of each bag

Brand Name On Bulk Case	Item Code	Weight	Code Date Stamped On Case
Palmer Candy	77232-10753	30 lbs	All codes between B80801 to B81307
Shurfresh	11161-48685	30 lbs	All codes between B80801 to B81307

The bagged products were shipped nationwide to convenience store and grocery store accounts. The Bulk products were shipped to IL, IN, IA, NE, MO, OK, KY, MN, NC, SD, WI, KS, CA to grocery stores and wholesale accounts.

Salmonella is an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems. Healthy persons infected with Salmonella often experience fever, diarrhea (which may be bloody), nausea, vomiting and abdominal pain. In rare circumstances, infection with Salmonella can result in the organism getting into the bloodstream and producing more severe illnesses such as arterial infections (i.e., infected aneurysms), endocarditis and arthritis. For more information on Salmonella, please visit the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Website at http://www.cdc.gov.

The Palmer Candy Company initiated the voluntary recall in response to a recall issued by Zachery Candy, a supplier of some of the Peanut Clusters and Bridge Mix for Palmer Candy Company. Zachery Candy has indicated that they are included in the expanded recall by Peanut Corporation of America (PCA). PCA's expanded recall now includes all peanuts and peanut-related products from PCA's Blakely, Georgia, plant from January 2007 to present. The FDA is investigating an outbreak of Salmonella targeted at PCA's Blakely plant.

Palmer Candy has not received any consumer illness complaints associated with its products. However, it is taking precautionary steps, including removing the impacted products from retail store shelves and the entire distribution system.

Consumers who have purchased the recalled products should return them to the store where they were purchased for a full refund. Consumers with additional questions may call 800-831-0828.

Bass Pro Shops® Announces Voluntary Nationwide Recall Due to Possible Health Risk

Bass Pro Shops® Announces Voluntary Nationwide Recall of Uncle Bucks® Burnt Peanut Candy, No Sugar Added Chocolate Peanuts And No Sugar Added Peanut Clusters Due to Possible Health Risk

Bass Pro Shops® is voluntarily recalling the following Uncle Buck's® Candy products as a precautionary measure because these products were received from a supplier that used peanuts from Peanut Corporation of America in Blakely, Georgia, which has been linked to a national outbreak of Salmonella.

* Burnt Peanut 12oz. Bag, UPC# 0 52545 02132 3
* Burnt Peanut 3.8oz. Bag, UPC# 7 52545 07132 7
* No Sugar Added Peanut Cluster 10oz. Bag, UPC# 0 52545 10341 8
* No Sugar Added Chocolate Peanuts 13oz. Bag, UPC# 0 52545
10344 9

Bass Pro Shops® has taken these steps following announcements from a supplier that the products were manufactured with peanut products from Peanut Corporation of America in Blakely, Georgia, which has been identified as the source of peanut products contaminated with Salmonella.

Salmonella is an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems. Healthy persons infected with Salmonella often experience fever, diarrhea (which may be bloody), nausea, vomiting and abdominal pain. In rare circumstances, infection with Salmonella can result in the organism getting into the bloodstream and producing severe illnesses such as arterial infections (i.e., infected aneurysms), endocarditis and arthritis. For more information on Salmonella, please visit the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Website at http://www.cdc.gov

These products were distributed in Bass Pro Shops® stores nationwide.

None of the Uncle Buck's® products listed above have been linked to any illnesses. No other Uncle Buck’s products are being recalled or are affected by this recall.

Bass Pro Shops® requests that customers who have purchased these products destroy them or return them to the nearest Bass Pro Shops® store for a full refund. If Bass Pro Shops® customers are unsure if they have the recalled product, they are requested to contact Larry Whiteley at (417) 873-5022 Mon-Fri 8:00 AM-5:00 PM or at (417) 689-1118 Evenings and Weekends.

The safety of our customers is always our number one priority. Bass Pro Shops® has taken these precautionary steps to help protect our customers.

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