The Annapolis Chocolate Co., Inc. Issues Voluntary Recall

The Annapolis Chocolate Co., Inc. Issues Voluntary Recall of Select Chocolate Peanut Butter Products Due to Possible Health Risk
Contact:
Richard Thick
410-691-9911

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE -- Hanover, MD – (February 13, 2009) – The Annapolis Chocolate Co., Inc. is conducting a voluntary recall of the products listed below. This voluntary recall is being conducted as a precautionary measure due to the fact that the products involved contain peanut butter produced by Peanut Corporation of America's (PCA) Blakely, Georgia facility, which has the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella.

Salmonella is an organism that 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.

Only these products and lot numbers below are being voluntary recalled.

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