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PORT ANGELES — Check your freezers and refrigerators!
Do you have the two Albertsons-brand ice-cream flavors that have been recalled due to fears of food poisoning?
The two ice creams, Peanut Butter Cup and Peanut Butter Chocolate, may contain a peanut butter ingredient contaminated with salmonella bacteria.
The Dean Foods Company of California and Meadow Gold Dairy were involved in the recall, which is connected with a peanut-butter manufacturer, Sunland.
Sunland products have been associated with a salmonella outbreak that has sickened at least 35 people in 19 states.
Both ice-cream flavors come in 1.5-quart cardboard cartons.
So far, according to Albertsons, no complaints or illnesses have been reported.
PA man sickened
However, the wife of a 58-year-old Port Angeles man contacted the Peninsula Daily News and reported that her husband had been seriously ill for almost three weeks after eating Albertsons’ peanut-butter-flavored ice cream.
A doctor diagnosed him as suffering from salmonella food poisoning, she said — and he is still weak and not fully recovered.
The recalled products were sold between March 26, 2010, and Sept. 25, 2012, in California, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, North Dakota, Oregon, Utah, Wyoming and Washington.
What to look for
The ice cream is printed with one of two plant codes: either 49-11 or 06-20, and a “BEST BY” or “EXP” date ranging from March 26, 2010, to Sept. 25, 2012.
The Peanut Butter Cup flavor has UPC codes 41163 or 45891.
The Peanut Butter Chocolate flavor has UPC codes 41163 or 45903.
Consumers should discard the ice cream and may return the package to the place of purchase for a full refund or exchange.
For more information, phone Albertsons’ safety line at 800-587-2259.
