Veggie Bootie Recall

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Robert's American Gourmet Food, Inc. Conducts Nationwide Recall of Veggie Booty Because of Possible Health Risk
Contact:
Robert’s American Gourmet
1-800-626-7557

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE -- June 28, 2007 -- Robert’s American Gourmet Food, Inc.of Sea Cliff, New York is recalling Veggie Booty Snack Food all lots and sizes , because it has the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella, an organism which 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.

Veggie Booty was distributed nationwide and also in Canada through local distributors, internet sales, phone orders, mail orders and retail outlets.

Veggie Booty is sold in a flexible plastic foil bag in a 4 oz., 1 oz., and l/2 oz. package. The brand name is Robert’s American Gourmet, and all codes and expiration dates of Veggie Booty are being recalled.

Robert’s American Gourmet has been notified by the U. S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the U. S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) of 51 cases of Salmonella across 17 states, associated or related to the consumption of the Veggie Booty, predominately in children of three years of age or younger. Based on the information provided by the CDC and FDA Robert’s American Gourmet has decided to conduct this recall as a precautionary measure, even though there are no confirmed positive results in the finished product yet.


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Kelli

Proud Mommy to Lukey (2003). Weaned after 3 years of happy nursing!
And Mommy to our newest baby, Joseph, born 3 days after Christmas.

[rlu]

Per their website, you need to destroy the contents and contact them for reimbursement or product voucher.

http://www.robscape.com/files/prod-veggie-booty.php

[mudder17]

Holy cow! I'm glad I decided at the last minute to NOT get the veggie booty at the last Amazon sale! I hope no one gets really sick.


Eileen

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[pb&j]

Yikes, thanks for posting! We've been eating this all week.


-Ry,
mom to Max the one year old
and my girl in heaven

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[sidmand]

DS had a big container of Veggie Booty today! I'm probably panicking more than necessary since he had salmonella when he was eight months old and I really don't want him to get it again (of course, not that anyone ever does). He has had pretty messy diapers/diarrhea lately...he never threw up last time, just diarrhea/fever. We wouldn't have even known except they ended up testing him because of the diaper rash. Maybe that happened this time too?

Okay, I have so far at least three bags of Veggie Booty to get rid of. I didn't buy any in the Amazon sale because I can find it relatively easily or I might have much more!

Debbie
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[DrSally]

Uh oh, I had stocked up and have several bags. DS ate a ton of it on vacation b/c it is easy and tasty. Is there any veggie booty in the stores now that is ok, or would it be best to wait. It's one of the few snack foods DS can have with his allergies.

ETA: Any luck getting reimb through email or do we have to mail in our empty packages?

[sidmand]

It sounds like it would be best to wait. On their site is says they're gong to halt production until they figure more out. There weren't specific lot numbers or batches, it just said to discard all of it immediately.

Debbie
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[DrSally]

yeah, I just read that they're halting all production. Oh well. I hope fruity booty is still ok. It is a broad recall. First Whole soy and Co. blueberry yogurt and now this! All of Ds's foods are being recalled.

[bubbaray]

HEALTH HAZARD ALERT - ROBERT'S AMERICAN GOURMET VEGGIE BOOTY SNACK FOOD MAY CONTAIN SALMONELLA BACTERIA

OTTAWA, June 28, 2007 -- The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is warning the public not to consume Robert's American Gourmet Veggie Booty snack food described below because the product may be contaminated with Salmonella.

The affected product, Robert's American Gourmet Veggie Booty snack food, a product of the United States (U.S.), is sold in a flexible plastic foil bag. All sizes and lot codes are affected by this alert. This product is known to have been distributed in British Columbia, Alberta, Manitoba, and Saskatchewan but may have been distributed nationally. In addition, this product may be available through internet sales, phone orders, and mail orders.

There have been numerous illnesses in the U.S., but none in Canada, associated with the consumption of this product.

Food contaminated with Salmonella may not look or smell spoiled. Consumption of food contaminated with this bacteria may cause salmonellosis, a food borne illness. In young children, the elderly and people with weakened immune systems, salmonellosis may cause serious and sometimes deadly infections. In otherwise healthy people, salmonellosis may cause short-term symptoms such as high fever, severe headache, vomiting, nausea, abdominal pain and diarrhea. Long-term complications may include severe arthritis.

The importer is voluntarily recalling the affected products from the marketplace. The CFIA is monitoring the effectiveness of the recall.

For more information, consumers and industry can call the CFIA at 1-800-442-2342 / TTY 1-800-465-7735 (8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Eastern time, Monday to Friday).

For information on Salmonella, visit the Food Facts web page at
http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/fssa/concen/causee.shtml.

For information on receiving recalls by e-mail, or for other food safety facts, visit our web site at www.inspection.gc.ca.

Melissa

DD#1: 04/2004

DD#2: 01/2007

[Wife_and_mommy]

I don't mean to be dense but is this for all their products? I usually buy the Pirate's Booty and was going to get some for an upcoming trip.

TIA for any answers.



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[Tondi G]

It sounds like it's just the veggie booty. If you want to be safe you could call them or maybe buy the Trader Joes pirates Booty knockoff for your trip.... if you have a TJ's close by!

[sidmand]

I e-mailed them last night that I had three bags and they said to send the empty bags (with the receipt if I had it, yeah, right) and how much I paid for the bags and they would reimburse the cost, plus the cost of postage.

Okay, it would make more sense to post the reply:

At this point we recommend that you empty the contents of any bags of
Veggie Booty that you have. Please return the empty bags to our
offices for reimbursement. Please send your bags to Robert's American
Gourmet, P.O. Box 326, Sea Cliff, NY 11579 along with your address and
receipt if possible, we will reimburse for the postage costs as well.
If the receipt is not available pl. If the receipt is not available
please let us know what you paid for the bags. Please allow 6-8 weeks
for processing.

Sincerely,

Georgine Hertzwig

A very quick response since I e-mailed late last night after reading about the recall.
Debbie
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ETA: To change subject line

[chlobo]

Anyone know how long it takes for Salmonella to show up? We ate this at the beach on Tuesday. When would we have symptoms?

[brittone2]

I had that recent experience w/ the WFs Tahini (recalled for salmonella). I got sick the night I ate it.

When I figured out I had the affected product in my fridge a few weeks later, I looked it up and I think the onset is generally pretty fast...commonly within 12 hours or so if I remember correctly (which fit what happened to me). Maybe up to a day. I'm not sure if you can get it later than that, but hopefully you are in the clear. Crossing my fingers for you and everyone else possibly affected by the recall.

This particularly sucks since salmonella can be really hard on kids, and veggie booty is a product often eaten by children.