Badia Spices Recalls Pine Nuts Sold in PA Stores

No major Baldwin-Whitehall grocery stores reported carrying Badia-brand pine nuts, but the Giant Eagle in Brentwood Towne Square does carry them. (The Caste Village Giant Eagle does NOT.)

Badia Spices Inc. is recalling approximately 3,800 pounds of pine nuts sold in stores in Pennsylvania and four other states. The nuts may be contaminated with salmonella enteritidis.

Salmonella can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems. The nuts were imported from Turkey and later recalled by Sunrise Commodities of Englewood Cliffs, NJ.

Those bulk pine nuts have been linked to an outbreak of salmonella enteritidis illness. Samples of the bulk pine nuts analyzed by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and in various states have tested positive for salmonella.

The Badia pine nuts were sold between June and October in retail stores in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Florida, New York and New Jersey, but no illnesses have been linked to Badia-brand pine nuts.

Badia Spices is recalling the following lots of pine nuts:

• UPC code 033844 00068. 1 ounce of pine nuts in small plastic bags bearing No. 84666.
• UPC code 033844 00733. 2 ounces of pine nuts in bottles bearing Nos. 83184 or 85442.

Healthy people infected with salmonella often experience fever, diarrhea, nausea, vomiting and abdominal pain.

In some cases, salmonella may enter a person's bloodstream and trigger infections, endocarditis, arthritis and other serious ailments. Patients usually become ill 12 to 72 hours after consuming contaminated food.

Consumers with questions or concerns are to contact Badia Spices Inc. at 305-629-8000 from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. EST, Monday through Friday, or via email at info@badiaspices.com.

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