Trader Joe’s Recalls Raw Cashew Product Due To Potential Salmonella Contamination

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By Jane Javelosa , Parent Herald Jan 20, 11:09 pm

Popular grocery store Trader Joe's is widely known for offering amazing and unique food and beverages from all over the world. Unfortunately, one of their popular snacks, the raw cashew pieces, has now been pulled off shelves.

According to the announcement posted by the retailer, one specific lot of Trader Joe's Raw Cashew Pieces with the code "BEST BEFORE 07.17.2016TF4" might be contaminated with salmonella, and therefore, should not be eaten. Despite fears over only one lot of the cashews being contaminated; the company said that all lots of the product have been pulled off shelves "out of an abundance of caution."

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Fortunately, Business Insider reports that no one has fallen ill from the potentially contaminated product. The company's website also provided consumers a list of Trader Joe's stores where the product has been distributed. The states which received the recalled raw cashew pieces are: Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, Washington D.C. and Wisconsin.

The sale of the product has been temporarily suspended and buyers have been advised to dispose of the product or return it to any Trade Joe's store to receive a full refund. This is actually not the first time that the food retailer had to pull off a food item over fears of being contaminated.

In March of last year, Reuters reported that the grocery store chain recalled their raw walnut pieces due to salmonella fears as well. And back in 2014, Trader Joe's immediately recalled some of their dips and hummus after finding out that the bacteria, listeria, was found in a sample, as well as some peanut and almond butters due to salmonella concerns.