Werner Gourmet Meat Snacks Inc. Expands Nationwide Recall of Trail Mixes and Peanut Items Because of Possible Health Risk

February 27, 2009 -- Werner Gourmet Meat Snacks Inc. of Tillamook, Oregon is voluntarily expanding its recall of a variety of Trail Mixes and Peanut items, because they have the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella. These products were manufactured using peanuts recalled by Peanut Corporation of American because they have the potential to be contaminated with 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 circumstances, 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.

These products were distributed to retail stores nationwide.