Wakefern Food Corp. Voluntarily Recalls Wholesome Pantry Organic Nut Butters Because of Possible Health Risk
April 12, 2019 from the OU in response to the editor's question:
The Passover certified almond butter that was recalled is Wholesome Pantry Organic Creamy Salted Almond Butter with OU-P, Date code WA9024.
March 28, 2019 from FDA:
Wakefern Food Corp. has initiated a voluntary recall of a variety of Wholesome Pantry Organic nut butters because they may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes
Five varieties of nut butters, packed in 16 ounce plastic jars, with best by dates of June 2020 and earlier, have been recalled:
- Wholesome Pantry Organic Creamy Salted Almond Butter
UPC: 04119006004 - Wholesome Pantry Organic Creamy Unsalted Almond Butter
UPC: 04119006005
These products were sold in ShopRite, Price Rite Marketplace, The Fresh Grocer and Dearborn Market stores located in New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Maryland, Massachusetts, Delaware, Rhode Island and Virginia. Wakefern was made aware of the issue when their supplier, Oskri Organics Corporation of Lake Mills, WI, notified them that several nut butters produced in their facility had tested positive for Listeria bacteria. Though no Wholesome Pantry Organic nut butters tested positive for the bacteria, a voluntary recall was initiated out of an abundance of caution.
Consumers with questions may call Customer Care at 1-800-746-7748 Monday-Friday from 8:00 am to 6:00 pm and weekends from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm.
The previous item can be cited with the URL: https://www.kashrut.com/Passover/PAlerts/?alert=P0535