Nash Finch Voluntarily Recalls Bakery and Deli Products Made With Peanuts Sold in Six States Due to Possible Health Risk

Nash Finch announces a voluntary recall of the following bakery and deli items from its corporate operated SunMart Foods, Family Fresh Market, and Econofoods (excluding Sturgeon Bay WI, Clintonville WI, Marquette MI, Houghton MI and Iron Mountain MI) because they may contain peanuts that were supplied by Peanut Corporation of America (PCA) and have the potential to be contaminated with salmonella:

SunMart Foods in MN, ND, NE – Nanaino Bars, Mocha Bars, Peanut Butter Fudge Bars, 8” Square Chocolate Cake, Rocky Road Cake, Snicker(s) Bar Cake, Snicker(s) Torte, Cake Doughnuts with peanuts, Doughnut Rings with peanuts, Glazed Doughnuts with peanuts, Long Johns with peanuts, Office Pack of Assorted Doughnuts, Fudge, Walking Sundaes, Fried Frosted Peanut Topped Rolls, Office Pack of Assorted Rolls, Raised Single Rolls, Sweet Rolls, and After 6 Sweet Rolls.

Family Fresh Market in WI – Mocha Cake, Snicker(s) Bar Cake, Hermit Cookies, and Doughnuts topped with peanuts.

Econofoods in IA, MN, SD, WI – Peanut Squares, Mocha Bars, Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Bars, Peanut Bars, Peanut Butter Bars, Rice "Krispie”(s) Bars, Salted Nut Roll Bars, Butterfinger cake, Butterfinger Frozen Ice Cream Cake, Carmel Turtle Ice Cream Cake, Rocky Road Cake, Snicker(s) Bar Cake, Snicker(s) Bar Torte, Special order cakes with peanut topping, Strawberry Delight Cake with peanut topping, Cake Doughnuts, Chocolate Cake Doughnuts, Ring Doughnuts, Long Johns with peanuts, Office Pack of Assorted Cake Doughnuts, Carmel Corn, "Chex” Mix, Danobbi Treats, Peanut Butter Cups, Pecos Flakes, Walking Sundaes, Carmel Nut Rolls, Fried Peanut Cinnamon Rolls, Pershing Rolls, and Sour Cream Carmel Rolls.

All use-by dates prior to 2/16/2009 are included in this recall. The products are sold in various packaging and quantities and have a price label attached from one of the above identified stores. All items should be destroyed or returned to the store where purchased for a full refund.

The action was taken after Peanut Corporation of America (PCA), the company that supplies bulk peanuts to a supplier of Nash Finch, expanded their recall to include peanut products used as ingredients to make the various bakery/deli products. The recall is a precautionary step because of an unresolved nationwide outbreak of salmonella.

Salmonella is an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems. Healthy persons infected with salmonella often experience fever, diarrhea (which may be bloody), nausea, vomiting and abdominal pain. In rare cases, infection with salmonella can result in the organism getting into the bloodstream and producing more severe illnesses, such as arterial infections (i.e. infected aneurysms), endocarditis and arthritis. For more information on Salmonella, please visit the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Website at http://www.cdc.gov.

The identified items, sold in Nash Finch stores in Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wisconsin, have not been directly linked to the salmonella outbreak and there have been no known cases of the illness from the identified items.

PCA has recalled items manufactured in its Blakely GA facility after health inspectors found salmonella contamination in an already-opened container of peanut butter at a nursing home in Minnesota. Nash Finch had been shipped product from this facility. Production of these Nash Finch items has been suspended and stores instructed to remove bakery and deli goods that contained these items from store shelves. No other Nash Finch bakery products are involved in this recall.

Consumers who have purchased any products covered by this recall are urged to return them to the place of purchase for a full refund. Nash Finch has set up a Recall Hotline for customers having additional questions or concerns (800) 211-6999. Consumers with questions or concerns about their health should contact their doctor.