Customers who purchased the Organic Raw Almonds (bitter almonds), at issue in the voluntary recall should discard the products and return to the store with their receipt for a full refund. Please contact 512-477-5566 ext. 20060 with any questions between the hours of 9 am and 5 pm Central Standard Time, Monday through Friday.
Marin Food Specialties, Inc. Initiates Voluntary Recall of Imported Organic Raw Almonds (Bitter Almonds) Due to Elevated Levels of Naturally Occurring Hydrogen Cyanide
Contact:
Consumer:
512-477-5566 ext. 20060
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE — November 7, 2014— Marin Foods Specialties, Inc. of Byron, CA is voluntarily recalling Organic Raw Almonds (bitter almonds), due to them possibly containing elevated levels of naturally occurring hydrogen cyanide according to laboratory test results. To date, no human illnesses have been associated with these products and they have been pulled from sale.
Bitter almonds are the wild form of the edible "sweet almonds." Bitter almonds contain a chemical called glycoside amygdalin, which becomes transformed into toxic prussic acid (hydrogen cyanide) after they are crushed or chewed. Eating foods that contain prussic acid may result in some or all of the following signs and clinical symptoms within minutes: dizziness, headache, nausea and vomiting, rapid breathing, rapid heart rate, restlessness, and weakness. Exposure to higher quantities of food containing prussic acid may cause other more serious health effects including convulsions, loss of consciousness, low blood pressure, lung injury, slow heart rate, and respiratory failure leading to death. Showing these signs and symptoms does not necessarily mean that a person has been exposed to cyanide. Treatment with supportive measures and available specific and efficacious antidotes frequently allows survival.
The products were labeled as “Whole Foods Market Organic Raw Almonds Imported from Italy” and “Whole Foods Market Organic Raw Almonds Imported from Spain,” and were packaged in 13.5 oz. plastic tubs. The recalled products have sell-by dates from 4/18/15 to 6/7/15 and a UPC code of UPC 9-99482-00071-7. The recalled product was distributed to Whole Foods Market stores only in Northern California, Oregon, Washington, Reno, Nevada and Boise, Idaho including:
Northern California:
Oregon:
4315 Arden Way Sacramento CA 95864 3000 Telegraph Avenue Berkeley CA 94705 731 East Blithedale Mill Valley CA 94941 1140 Blossom Hill Rd. San Jose CA 95118 1690 South Bascom Avenue Campbell CA 95008 1710 41st Ave Capitola CA 95010 2001 Market Street San Francisco CA 94114 390 Coddingtown Mall Santa Rosa CA 95401 500 First St Davis CA 95616 270 Palladio Pkwy Folsom CA 95630 1765 California Street San Francisco CA 94109 3111 Mowry Ave Fremont CA 94538 650 W. Shaw Ave Fresno CA 93704 1025 Gilman Street Berkeley CA 94710 690 Stanyan St San Francisco CA 94117 230 Bay Place Oakland CA 94612 3502 Mt. Diablo Blvd. Lafayette CA 94549 4800 El Camino Real Los Altos CA 94022 15980 Los Gatos Blvd. Los Gatos CA 95032 414 Miller Avenue Mill Valley CA 94941 800 Del Monte Center Monterey CA 93940 3682 Bel Aire Plaza Napa CA 94558 3950 24th Street San Francisco CA 94114 790 DeLong Ave Novato CA 94945 1150 Ocean Ave San Francisco CA 94112 774 Emerson Street Palo Alto CA 94301 621 E. Washington Street Petaluma CA 94952 450 Rhode Island San Francisco CA 94107 1250 Jefferson Ave Redwood City CA 94063 1001 Galleria Blvd Roseville CA 95678 1010 Park Place San Mateo CA 94403 340 Third Street San Rafael CA 94901 100 Sunset Drive San Ramon CA 94583 911 Soquel Ave. Santa Cruz CA 95062 1181 Yulupa Ave. Santa Rosa CA 95405 6910 McKinley Street Sebastopol CA 95472 399 4th Street San Francisco CA 94107 201 West Napa Street #11 Sonoma CA 95476 20955 Stevens Creek Blvd Cupertino CA 95014 1333 E. Newell Ave. Walnut Creek CA 94596
Washington:
2610 NE Hwy 20 Bend OR 97701 7380 SW Bridgeport Rd Tigard OR 97224 3535 NE 15th Ave. Portland OR 97212 12220 SW Scholls Ferry Road Tigard OR 97223 4301 NE Sandy Blvd Portland OR 97213 2825 East Burnside St. Portland OR 97214 1210 NW Couch Street Portland OR 97209 19440 NW Cornell Rd. Hillsboro OR 97124
Reno, NV:
888 116th Ave. NE Bellevue WA 98004 2001 15th Ave - West Seattle WA 98119 2800 196th St. SW Ste. 100 Lynnwood WA 98036 815 Southeast 160th Avenue Vancouver WA 98683 17991 NE Redmond Way Redmond WA 98052 1026 NE 64th Street Seattle WA 98115 2210 Westlake Avenue Seattle WA 98121
Boise, ID:
6139 South Virginia St Reno NV 89502
Customers who purchased the products at issue in the voluntary recall should discard the products and return to the store with their receipt for a full refund. Please contact 512-477-5566 ext. 20060 with any questions between the hours of 9 am and 5 pm Central Standard Time, Monday through Friday.
401 S. Broadway St Boise ID 83702
Friday, November 14, 2014
Organic Raw Almonds Recalled By Whole Foods.
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