Do not eat and retailers do not sell recalled pistachios produced by Wonderful Pistachios.
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The states involved are Alabama, Arizona, Connecticut, Georgia, Michigan, Minnesota, North Dakota, Virginia and Washington. Two people have been hospitalized.
-Products can be identified by a lot code number that can be found on the lower back or bottom panel of the package.
Nine states have reported having 11 people infected with Salmonella. Pistachios were sold under the brand names Paramount Farms, Trader Joe’s and Wonderful.
The agency says people began getting sick on December 12 and those affected range in age from 9 to 69.
Wonderful Pistachios, based in Lost Hills, Calif., announced Wednesday that it is voluntarily recalling a limited number of flavors and sizes of in-shell and shelled pistachios because of a salmonella risk.
The Wonderful products being recalled in Canada include roasted unsalted and salted pistachios in 200-gram, 225-gram and 25-pound packages with a “best if used by” label of October 26, Oct. 27 and November 2.
Salmonella is responsible for 1 million cases of foodborne illness in the United States annually, including 19,000 hospitalizations and 380 deaths.
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