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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE -- Salt Lake City, UT - February 18, 2009 - Dynamic Confections today announced it is voluntarily recalling all peanut cluster products containing peanuts which were sourced from Peanut Corporation of America (PCA) and have the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella.
Dynamic Confections is undertaking this voluntary recall out of an abundance of caution and concern for its customers. Dynamic Confections has tested lot samples of all its products and no peanut products have tested positive for Salmonella. No illnesses have been reported.
The items subject to this recall are the peanut clusters. Consumers may have purchased recalled items from the Maxfield's Candy Company plant under the Maxfield's, Botticelli, Hallmark and Landmark brands. Dynamic Confections distributes its products primarily through traditional retail channels throughout the United States and Canada.
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.
The FDA and other regulatory agencies have been investigating Peanut Corporation of America (PCA) due to a recent Salmonella outbreak associated with various peanut products. The FDA has advised that all products produced by PCA from its Blakely, Georgia facility are subject to recall. For further information about the PCA recall, visit the Food and Drug Administration online at http://www.fda.gov. Dynamic Confections apologizes for any inconvenience this may cause our valued customers. Our brands have been in the market, since 1947 and we have never had a food safety issue with our products. Our team is devoted to providing a pleasant experience for our consumers, which starts with food safety.
Based on direction from the FDA, consumers who have purchased a recalled product are urged to throw it away. Consumers with questions may contact Dynamic Confections Customer Service at 1-800-377-4368 between the hours of 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. MST, Monday through Friday.
A list of recalled products can be found at the FDA's Web site.
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