King Nut, based in Solon, Ohio recently issued a voluntary recall on their commercially sold peanut butter after finding an open 5 pound tub of King Nut peanut butter had salmonella. The food service peanut butter is manufactured by Peanut Corporation of America and isn't available for consumer purchase.
In a statement, Martin Kanan, president and chief executive officer of King Nut Companies said,
"We are very sorry this happened. We are taking immediate and voluntary action because the health and safety of those who use our products is always our highest priority.”
“Because we don’t manufacture peanut butter, we will do what we can to get this product out of distribution and will work with the manufacturer to inform others of this problem,” Kanan said. “We also distribute peanut butter from this manufacturer under the Parnell’s Pride brand, although we are not the only distributor. However, we have asked our customers to remove this brand as well.”
Parnell's Pride and King Nut peanut butter were the only brands affected by the recall.
Customers are urged to immediately stop distribution of King Nut and Parnell's Pride peanut butter with a lot code that begins with the number 8.
Please visit Kingnut.com for more information.
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