Pistachio recall

Blurb from AP news story:

FDA says to avoid pistachios amid salmonella scare
AP News
By GARANCE BURKE

FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — Federal food officials are warning people not to eat any food containing pistachios because of possible contamination by salmonella, in another food scare sure to rattle consumers already upset by the contamination of peanuts with the same bacteria.

Overview from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration
http://www.fda.gov/pistachios/ - updated March 31, 2009

Update on Peanut Butter

For those interested:

The American Peanut Council maintains a list of products NOT affected by the recall, which are safe to consume:
http://www.peanutsusa.com/USA/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.page&pid=262#Brands_NOT_Affected_by_FDA_Recall

A good entry on this recall can be found via Sarah Hager Johnston's (Peregrine Information Consultants) blog:
http://quodlibet-sarah.blogspot.com/2009/02/recall-of-peanut-products-should-be.html.

More on pet food recall

The FDA has a new page up that allows you to browse by cat or dog food by brand to see if what you feed your pets is being recalled.

http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/petfoodrecall/

FDA FAQ on pet food recall

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has an FAQ up now about the pet food recall.

http://www.fda.gov/cvm/MenuFoodRecallFAQ.htm

Pet food toxin identified

Update to the story first blogged on Monday.

Toxin in pet food recall identified
By Angela Moore, MarketWatch
Last Update: 3:39 PM ET Mar 23, 2007

NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- The toxin in the pet food that sickened dogs and cats and sparked a massive nationwide recall was identified as aminopterin, the New York State Department of Agriculture & Markets said in a statement on Friday[...]A report by the Associated Press identified the chemical as rat poison.

Pet food recall

From CNN:

Recalled cat foods

Americas Choice; Preferred Pets; Authority; BestChoice; Companion; Compliments; Demoulas Market Basket; Fine Feline Cat, Shep Dog; Food Lion; Foodtown; Giant Companion; Good n Meaty; Hannaford; Hill Country Fare; Hy-Vee; Key Food; Laura Lynn; Li'l Red; Loving Meals; Main Choice; Nutriplan; Nutro Max Gourmet Classics; Nutro Natural Choice; Paws; Presidents Choice; Price Chopper; Priority; Save-A-Lot; Schnucks; Sophistacat; Special Kitty; Springfield Pride; Sprout; Total Pet; My True Friend; Wegmans; Western Family; White Rose; and Winn Dixie.

Recalled dog foods

America's Choice; Preferred Pets; Authority; Award; Best Choice; Big Bet; Big Red; Bloom; Bruiser; Cadillac; Companion; Demoulas Market Basket; Fine Feline Cat; Shep Dog; Food Lion; Giant Companion; Great Choice; Hannaford; Hill Country Fare; Hy-Vee; Key Food; Laura Lynn; Loving Meals; Main Choice; Mixables; Nutriplan; Nutro Max; Nutro Natural Choice; Nutro; Ol'Roy; Paws; Pet Essentials; Pet Pride; President's Choice; Price Chopper; Priority; Publix; Roche Bros; Save-A-Lot; Schnucks; Springsfield Pride; Sprout; Stater Bros; Total Pet; My True Friend; Western Family; White Rose; Winn Dixie and Your Pet.

Additional information may be found at http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/NEWS/2007/NEW01590.html.