Bazzinil LLC is recalling 4,000 pounds of pistachios after internal testing turned up positive results for Salmonella. The Allentown, PA, company has stopped production and distribution of several specific products to investigate the source of the bacteria.

Company officials told federal investigators that the implicated nuts had come from a third-party supplier, according to the BazziniI LLC recall notice posted by the Food and Drug Administration Oct. 10. 

“The recall was initiated as the result of a routine sampling program by the company which revealed that the finished product may contain the bacteria,” according to the notice. “Consumers who have purchased any of the listed Pistachios are urged to return (them) to the place of purchase for a full refund.”

BazziniI LLC  distributed the affected product through retail sales, direct delivery, and mail order in New York, New Jersey, Vermont, Massachusetts, Washington D.C. and Virginia. No illnesses have been confirmed in relation to the recalled pistachios, the company reported in the recall notice.

Five specific Bazzinil brand pistachio products are subject to the recall. The public can identify the recalled pistachios by looking for the following labeling information.

Bazzini’s Roasted & Salted In-Shell Pistachios Super Colossal Natural in 5-pound bags with the UPC number 0 75062 30701 5 and any of the following date codes:

• Date Code 1J255 Best By 6/12/2019
• Date Code 1J254 Best By 6/11/2019
• Date Code 2J269 Best By 6/26/2019
• Date Code 1J242 Best By 5/30/2019
• Date Code 1J275 Best By 7/2/2019
• Date Code 1J255 Best By 6/12/2019
• Date Code 1J254 Best By 6/11/2019
• Date Code 2J269 Best By 6/26/2019

Bazzini’s Roasted & Salted In-Shell Pistachios Colossal Natural in 5-pound bags with the UPC number 0 75062 30711 4 and any of the following date codes:

• Date Code 2J241 Best By 5/29/2019
• Date Code 1J254 Best By 6/11/2019
• Date Code 2J274 Best By 7/1/2019
• Date Code 2J249 Best By 6/6/2019
• Date Code 1J250 Best By 6/7/2019
• Date Code 1J275 Best By 7/2/2019

Bazzini’s Roasted & Salted In-Shell Pistachios Super Colossal Pistachios in 25-pound bulk boxes with the UPC number 0 75062 30700 8 and either of the following date codes:

• Date Code 1J268 Best By 6/25/2019
• Date Code 1J249 Best By 6/6/2019

Bazzini’s Roasted & Salted In-Shell Pistachios Rams Head Natural in 16-ounce bags with the UPC  number 0 75062 00536 2 and any of the following date codes:

• Date Code 1J263 Best By 6/20/2019
• Date Code 1J254 Best By 6/11/2019
• Date Code 1J255 Best By 6/12/2019
• Date Code 2J269 Best by 6/26/2019
• Date Code 1J242 Best By 5/30/2019
• Date Code 1J249 Best By 6/6/2019
• Date Code 1J257 Best By 6/14/2019
• Date Code 2J249 Best By 6/6/2019
• Date Code 2J262 Best By 6/19/2019
• Date Code 2J264 Best By 6/21/2019
• Date Code 2J243 Best By 5/31/2019
• Date Code 2J263 Best By 6/20/2019
• Date Code 2J270 Best By 6/27/2019
• Date Code 1J275 Best By 7/2/2019

Bazzini’s Roasted & Salted In-Shell Pistachios Colossal Natural in 16-ounce bags with the UPC number 0 75062 00535 5 and any of the following date codes:

• Date Code 1J242 Best By 5/30/2019
• Date Code 1J270 Best By 6/27/2019
• Date Code 2J270 Best By 6/27/2019
• Date Code 2J256 Best By 6/13/2019
• Date Code 2J254 Best By 6/11/2019
• Date Code 2J261 Best By 6/18/2019
• Date Code 2J268 Best By 6/25/2019
• Date Code 1J268 Best By 6/25/2019
• Date Code 1J255 Best By 6/12/2019
• Date Code 1J275 Best By 7/2/2019

Consumers with questions may contact the company at 800-477-3234 or via email at www.recall@bazzini.com

Anyone who has eaten any of the implicated pistachios and developed symptoms of Salmonella infection should seek medical attention and tell their doctor about the possible exposure to the bacteria. Otherwise healthy adults often recover from the infections after mild symptoms.

However, in children, frail or elderly people, and people with weakened immune systems — such as cancer patients — Salmonella can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections. 

Symptoms can include fever, diarrhea that 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, endocarditis and arthritis.

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