By LISA STARK and KATE BARRETT
April 7, 2009
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Shoppers trying to steer clear of bad pistachios will soon have a longer list of foods to avoid after a major expansion of the nut recall.
FDA Says to Avoid Pistachios Amid Salmonella Scare
In another food scare sure to rattle consumers who watched the national salmonella outbreak in peanuts unfold, federal food officials are now warning people not to eat pistachios, which could carry contamination from the same bacteria.
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Today, David Acheson, the Food and Drug Administration's assistant commissioner for food safety, told ABC News that's because the FDA has found positive salmonella tests on equipment at the plant Setton Pistachio.
The test results have prompted the company to voluntarily recall most of its products made in 2008, which were shipped out to dozens of food companies. The recall includes pistachios sent in bulk to 28 states and 14 countries outside of the United States.
The FDA cannot yet say how many additional products may be recalled, but explained that it is working with distributors and trying to get its recall list updated as quickly as possible.
Like the peanut recall, it could take months to figure out every pistachio product that might be unsafe to eat. More than 2 million pounds of pistachios were already recalled last week that came from Setton, the second largest pistachio producer in the country.
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