Calif. plant recalls 1M pounds of pistachios

Posted: 07:56 PM ET
WASHINGTON (CNN) — A California food processing plant is voluntarily recalling up to 1 million pounds of roasted pistachio products that may have been contaminated with salmonella, the FDA announced Monday.

The nuts came from Setton Farms in Terra Bella, California — about 75 miles south of Fresno — and were largely distributed in 2,000 pound shipments to food wholesalers who would then package them for resale.

No illnesses have been linked to this case, said Dr. David Acheson, FDA’s associate commissioner. But salmonella strains were found during routine test by Kraft Foods, which purchased pistachios from Setton Farms, he said.