April 2011

Screen shot 2011-04-10 at 5.32.01 AM.pngDeFranco & Sons of Los Angeles, CA voluntarily recalled bulk and consumer-packaged in-shell hazelnuts and mixed-nut products containing hazelnuts. These nuts may have been sold by retailers nationwide. The in-shell nuts may have been sold in two-pound and four-pound packages of mixed nuts, one-pound packages containing only hazelnuts, or in open bins of nuts in

walnuts.gifThe Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) is investigating an outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 in three provinces.  The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) and Amira Enterprises Inc. are warning the public not to consume certain bulk and prepackaged raw shelled walnut products described below because these products may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7.