Salmonella-Tainted Milk Powder and Related Products Recalled

A Plainview, Minnesota, milk cooperative has reportedly recalled two years’ worth of food products, including instant non-fat dried milk, whey protein, and fruit stabilizers and gums for fear that they are contaminated with Salmonella. While no illnesses have apparently been linked to the products, which are sold to food manufacturers and distributors only, the recall has been further expanded to products containing these ingredients. Among the other recalled foods are instant oatmeal, hot chocolate mix, popcorn toppings and shake mixes. The U.S. Department of Agriculture reportedly detected Salmonella in a milkshake powder in June, and Food and Drug Administration investigators found the bacteria in the Plainview Milk Products Cooperative plant. See UPI.com, June 29, 2009; USA Today, July 6, 2009; FDA Press Release, July 8, 2009.