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House of Flavors Ice Cream Company has announced an update to its voluntary nationwide recall of select ice cream products containing peanuts. House of Flavors is taking these new measures following an announcement by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration that it is expanding its investigation of alleged salmonella contamination in peanut ingredient supplier Peanut Corporation of America (PCA) to include products from its Plainview, Texas plant.

Dr. Smoothie Brands of Fullerton, California is recalling Peanut Butter Crunch Bio Bars because they have the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella. The bars were manufactured using peanut products recalled by Peanut Corporation of America.

Professional Recreation Organization Inc is recalling 20/20 Lifestyles Peanut Toffee Crunch bars with best by dates of February 12th 2009, May 15th 2009 and September 26th 2009 because these bars were manufactured using peanut products recalled by Peanut Corporation of America.

Honey Roasted Peanut ROCA Buttercrunch Toffee was distributed to retail stores nationwide and sold directly to consumers via the internet.

DELUXE ICE CREAM CO. is expanding their recall to include Tin Roof Sundae, Goo Goo Cluster, Candy Bar packaged ice cream products, and QC 24 pack Sundae cone, because they were manufactured with peanuts recalled by Peanut Corporation of America.

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Peanut Corp. of America, the company at the heart of the salmonella outbreak, filed for bankruptcy Friday. Meanwhile, Texas health authorities closed the company's plant in Plainview after finding filthy conditions. The company must now recall all products ever shipped from the plant.

The company said in the filing that its debt and assets both ranged between $1 million and $10 million.

The salmonella outbreak was traced to one of the company's plants in Blakely, Ga., where inspectors found roaches, mold and a leaking roof. A second plant in Texas was shuttered this week. The outbreak has resulted in more than 500 illnesses, led to one of the nation's biggest recalls and may have caused as many as nine deaths.

Jarred peanut butter sales were down significantly last month compared to the previous year, suggesting that many children are going without their favorite sandwiches even though leading brands of jarred peanut butter have not been recalled.

Other parents are taking a more moderate approach, sticking with the jarred stuff and avoiding everything else, or carefully combing through the recall lists before shopping.

It's a dilemma even President Barack Obama has faced: Earlier this month, he said his younger daughter eats peanut butter sandwiches several times a week. "And you know, I don't want to have to worry about whether she's going to get sick as a consequence to having her lunch," he said. A White House spokesman said Sasha is still eating peanut butter.

Click here for a complete list from the FDA of recalled products containing peanuts >>

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This morning's news around the country s sharing the same story. The "FDA Warns Consumers Nationwide Not to Eat Certain Types of Raw Red Tomatoes".

FDA recommends that consumers not eat raw red Roma, raw red plum, raw red round tomatoes, or products that contain these types of raw red tomatoes unless the tomatoes are from the sources listed below. If unsure of where tomatoes are grown or harvested, consumers are encouraged to contact the store where the tomato purchase was made.

Folks, this means you should NOT buy any sandwiches with tomatoes at any restaurant either. Ask them to remove that slice of tomato from your burger! Man, and burgers are half price at Deer Park on Tuesday. Bah! Bah humburger!

On June 5, using traceback and other distribution pattern information, FDA published a list of states, territories, and countries where tomatoes are grown and harvested which have not been associated with this outbreak. This updated list includes: Arkansas, California, Georgia, Hawaii, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Belgium, Canada, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Israel, Netherlands, and Puerto Rico. Be sure to keep checking back to the FDA site to see what has been added to the list.

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"Toy-maker Fisher-Price is recalling 83 types of toys - including the popular Big Bird, Elmo, Dora and Diego characters - because their paint contains excessive amounts of lead."

Whoa!

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"Sara Lee Food & Beverage has issued a precautionary recall of selected whole-wheat breads that may contain small pieces of metal."

Oh lovely! That really has to suck for them.

You should check out which breads were recalled if you purchase Sara Lee bread, because there are about two dozen packages that could be damaged.

Consumers can call Sara Lee's consumer line at (800) 683-3466 with questions or concerns from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. central time.

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