Tahini Sesame Paste

  • Potential Foodborne Illness - Salmonella
  • Company: Turkana Food Inc.
  • Food & Beverages
  • FDA
  • February 6, 2025

Product details

  • Tahini Sesame Paste

Company announcement

Turkana Food Inc. is recalling Aleppo Tahini Sesame Paste due to potential contamination with Salmonella.

The product was distributed in multiple states, including Florida, Kentucky, Virginia, New York, New Jersey, Tennessee, Massachusetts, Texas, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Maryland, Ohio, Alabama, Missouri, and California.

No illnesses have been reported as of February 5, 2025.

Risk:

The product has the potential to 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.

Impacted states: Nationwide

Products:

- Aleppo Tahini Sesame Paste (UPC code(s): 854643003054)

Contact

For more information, call 908-810-8800 or email info@turkanafood.com.

View the original FDA notice

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