US-based Aurora Products is voluntarily recalling raw macadamia nuts packaged under the Aurora brand label and various store brand labels as they may have been contaminated with Salmonella.
The products associated with the recall include 8oz Aurora Macadamia Nuts bearing UPC code 6 - 55852 - 00083 - 0 with best if used by dates starting from 10 December through 30 December 2015.
The recall also covers other products that are sold under various store brand labels including Belmont Market, Citarella, Ernest & Klein, Gourmet Garage, Harvest Co - Op Market, Le District, Lees, Palmers Market, Walter Stewart, Whole Food Market and Wild By Nature.
All of these recalled products were shipped to retail stores across Connecticut, Washington, D.C, Delaware, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Virginia, West Virginia.
The recall has been initiated after it was found that one retail container of raw Macadamia product was contaminated with Salmonella, during a routine testing by an outside company contracted by the US Food and Drug Administration.
The stores selling the recalled products have been asked to stop the distribution of these products.
Consumption of the products contaminated with Salmonella may cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems. No illnesses have been reported associated with the consumption of the recalled product.
Consumers who have bought the recalled products are advised not to consume them and instead destroy or return them to the point of purchase.
