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Cleugh's Frozen Foods Inc. Recalls Frozen Strawberries Sold to Jamba Juice
Cleugh's Frozen Foods Inc. Recalls Frozen Strawberries Sold to Jamba Juice.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n\n\nSALINAS, CALIF., December 4 /CNW/ - Cleugh's Frozen Foods Inc., Salinas,\nCA, a wholly-owned subsidiary of SunOpta Inc. (NASDAQ:STKL) (TSX:SOY), today\nannounced a voluntary recall of frozen strawberries sold exclusively to Jamba\nJuice for use in strawberry smoothies sold in stores in Arizona, Nevada and\nSouthern California between the period November 25, 2006 and December 1, 2006\nbecause of a concern that they may have been contaminated with Listeria\nmonocytogenes.\n\n\nListeria monocytogenes, an organism which can cause serious and sometimes\nfatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with\nweakened immune systems. Although healthy individuals may suffer only\nshort-term symptoms such as high fever, severe headache, stiffness, nausea,\nabdominal pain and diarrhea, listeria infection can cause miscarriages and\nstillbirths among pregnant women.\n\n\nThe strawberry contamination was identified by Cleugh's who then notified\nJamba Juice. The recalled products have been removed from the Jamba Juice\nstores in the affected areas and are no longer being used to make smoothies.\nNone of the potentially affected individually quick frozen strawberries were\nsold to any other customers or directly to retailers.\n\n\nTo date no suspected illnesses have been reported.\n\n\nSunOpta and Jamba Juice have notified federal and state authorities of\nthe problem and are cooperating in the investigation.\n\n\nAbout SunOpta Inc.\n\n\nSunOpta Inc. is an operator of high-growth ethical businesses, focusing\non integrated business models in the natural and organic food markets. The\nCompany has three business units: the SunOpta Food Group, which specializes in\nsourcing, processing and distribution of natural and organic food products\nintegrated from seed through packaged products; the Opta Minerals Group, a\nproducer, distributor, and recycler of environmentally friendly industrial\nmaterials; and the SunOpta BioProcess Group which engineers and markets\nproprietary steam explosion technology systems for the pulp, bio-fuel and food\nprocessing industries. Each of these business units has proprietary products\nand services that give it a solid competitive advantage in its sector.\n\n\nForward-Looking Statements\n\n\nCertain statements included in this press release may constitute\n\"forward-looking statements...