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Photo courtesy VitalabsSALT LAKE CITY — The Utah Department of Agriculture and Food is alerting Utah consumers of a food recall involving possible Salmonella poisoning.
Vitalabs, Inc. of Jonesboro, Ga. is voluntarily recalling four specific lot numbers of Whey-26 Protein Powder due to concerns over potential Salmonella contamination.
The recall — issued by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration — extends to various parts of the United States including Utah, Alabama, Arizona, California, Colorado, Georgia, Florida, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Missouri, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Washington as well as in Aruba, Ontario and Poland abroad.
The recalled product was offered through a variety of distribution channels including health food stores, clinics, fitness centers and Internet-based companies, but is not generally sold in grocery stores. Officials are making contact with locations where the whey product would be sold and encouraging retailers to remove the product from its shelves. Anyone who has already purchased the product should also avoid using it.
The recall involves the following lot numbers: Vanilla Whey Isolate: Lot Number 3473; Vanilla Whey Isolate: Lot Number 0131; Chocolate Whey Isolate: Lot Number 3477; Strawberry Whey Isolate: Lot Number 3364.
Specific brand names under which these lot numbers were offered can be found on the FDA website HERE and HERE.
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 people infected with Salmonella often experience fever, diarrhea, nausea, vomiting and abdominal pain.
In rare cases, the organism can get into the bloodstream and produce more severe illnesses such as arterial infections, endocarditis and arthritis.
