| Cookies R Us, Chippery Cookies and Otis Spunkmeyer are not involved in the peanut butter recall. We received the following statement from Otis Spunkmeyer...Read below... January 30, 2009
To Our Valued Customers and Business Partners:
Peanut products manufactured by Peanut Corporation of America (PCA) have been
found to test positive for Salmonella Typhimurium, and deemed to be the source of a
food-borne illness outbreak that has sickened hundreds and been linked to several
deaths. On January 29, PCA issued an expanded voluntary recall of all peanuts and
peanut products processed in its Blakely, Georgia facility since January 1, 2007. The
expanded recall includes all peanuts (dry and oil roasted), granulated peanuts, peanut
meal, peanut butter and peanut paste. The US Food and Drug Administration has
reported no evidence to suggest that the Salmonella Typhimurium contamination
originated with any manufacturer other than PCA.
Otis Spunkmeyer wishes its customers and consumers to know that no Peanut
Corporation of America peanuts, peanut meal, butter or paste has ever been used
in any products manufactured by Otis Spunkmeyer, Inc.
On Monday, January 19, the F.D.A. issued a recommendation to consumers advising
that if they had concerns about peanut butter-containing products in their possession,
they could use a searchable database created by the agency to learn if the products had
been recalled. That database can be found at
http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/peanutbutterrecall/index.cfm.
While several companies that have used PCA’s peanut butter in their products and
resellers of such products have begun to recall goods containing PCA’s peanut butter,
Otis Spunkmeyer is not involved in any such recall.
We share your concern for the health and well-being of our customers and consumers.
However, again, you need not be concerned about consuming Otis Spunkmeyer
branded (including the Chippery brand) or private label peanut butter flavor
products. |
