
- Read the Recall & Advice to Consumers and Retailers>>
- We recommend that consumers do not eat and retailers do not sell recalled pistachios produced by Wonderful Pistachios.
- On March 9, 2016, Wonderful Pistachios of Lost Hills, California voluntarily recalled a limited number of flavors and sizes of in-shell and shelled pistachios because they may be contaminated with Salmonella.
- The pistachios were sold under the brand names Wonderful, Paramount Farms, and Trader Joe’s, and were sold nationwide and in Canada.
- Products can be identified by a lot code number that can be found on the lower back or bottom panel of the package. A table of recalled products is available on the Advice to Consumers page.
- These products have a long shelf life and may still be in people’s homes.
- CDC, multiple states, and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are investigating an outbreak of Salmonella Montevideo infections.
- Eleven people infected with the outbreak strain of Salmonella Montevideo have been reported from 9 states.
- Two ill people have been hospitalized. No deaths have been reported.
- Collaborative investigative efforts of state, local, and federal public health and regulatory officials indicate that pistachios produced by Wonderful Pistachios are a likely source of this outbreak.
- This investigation is ongoing, and we will update the public when more information becomes available.
