Slim-Fast® Updates and Corrects Nationwide Recall of Three Slim-Fast Bar Products with Peanuts
17 Februar 2009 - 4:37PM
Business Wire
Slim-Fast� is recalling three Slim-Fast bar products
because they may contain peanuts that are being recalled by Peanut
Corporation of America (PCA). The PCA recall was ordered by the
Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) on February 12,
2009, as a result of unsanitary conditions at the PCA Plainview,
Texas, facility, which could have compromised the peanuts.
The announcement to this product recall has been updated to:
- Correct one UPC code involving
the 6-bar version of Slim-Fast optima� caramel crispy peanut MEAL
on-the-go� bars;
- Add another UPC for the same
product in the 12-bar box size; and
- Add a UPC code for the same
product sold in individual bars.
Products recalled
include:
Product Name and Description: Slim-Fast optima� caramel
crispy peanut MEAL on-the-go� bars � sold in paperboard boxes,
12 and 6 bars per box, 1.97 oz. (56 g)
each with various best-if-used by dates. The UPC codes are located
on the top of the 12-bar box and bottom of the 6-bar box; the
individually wrapped bar UPC label is located next to �Nutrition
Facts� on the back of the bar.
Product sold in 12 bars
per box: (discontinued in September 2008):
UPC: 0834613690 � (12 bars per box)
UPC: 0834603690 � INDIVIDUAL BAR
Product sold in 6 bars per
box:
UPC: 0834603790 � (6 bars per box: this UPC code is
corrected from the February 13, 2009 announcement)
UPC: 0834603690 � INDIVIDUAL BAR
Product Name and Description: Slim-Fast MEAL OPTIONS�
Breakfast & Lunch Bars � Dutch Chocolate�flavor � sold in
paperboard boxes, 8 bars per box, 1.2 oz. (34 g) each with various
best-if-used by dates. The UPC code is located on the bottom of the
box.
UPC: 0834601520
Product Name and Description: Slim-Fast MEAL OPTIONS�
Breakfast & Lunch Bars � Peanut Butter flavor � sold in
paperboard boxes, 8 bars per box, 1.2 oz. (34 g) each with various
best-if-used by dates. The UPC code is located on the bottom of the
box.
UPC: 0834601522
The products were distributed nationwide.
Consumers who have any of the three affected Slim-Fast bar
products are asked to discard them and call 1-877-270-7393, which
is operational 24 hours a day, for information on the recall. In
addition, a consumer services representative is available between
the hours of 9:00 AM and 5:30 PM EST.
No other Slim-Fast products � shakes or bars � are affected by
this recall. Slim-Fast is a Unilever product.
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