HRL - Hormel Foods Recalls Some Contaminated Planters Nuts In Five States | Benzinga
Hormel Food Sales, a unit of Hormel Foods Corporation (NYSE:HRL), voluntarily recalled two varieties of Planters products produced at one of its facilities in April.
According to a news release from the company, the products are being recalled “out of an abundance of caution” because they have the potential to be contaminated with listeria monocytogenes.
This organism can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems.
Hormel says the recall impacts two retailers in five states and that there have been no reports of illness related to this recall.
The products were only shipped to Publix distribution warehouses ...