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Recalls & Warnings
ConsumerLab.com is keeping you informed with current product recalls and warnings.
Posted July 19, 2024
Walnuts Recall Due to Listeria
(See ConsumerLab’s Review of Shelled Walnuts (Halves & Pieces) for tests of related products and our Top Picks among shelled walnuts.)
Listeria monocytogenes is a bacterium that can cause high fevers, headaches, stiffness, nausea, abdominal pain, diarrhea, miscarriages, and stillbirths. Young children, the elderly, or those with weakened immune systems, are more prone to severe or fatal infections.
Recalled Stutz Packing Company Shelled Walnuts (see product photos) are sold in clear plastic packaging with a red outlined white box printed in the center. They were distributed to food bank warehouses in Texas and Arizona which further distribute to small food banks, school lunch programs, shelters, prison food systems, and consumers.They can be further identified by the following:
- Product Name and Description: Stutz Packing Company Shelled Walnuts
- Size: Net Wt. 1 lb.
- UPC Code: 7 15001 00908 1
Stutz has stopped production and distribution of this product. Consumers should discard the product if obtained or return to the origin of purchase while the investigation continues.
In May 2024, another brand of walnuts was recalled due to risk of contamination with E. coli.
For more information, use the link below.
Stutz Packing Co. Recalls Walnut Product Because of Possible Health Risk
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