Carrot chips from Bolthouse recalled

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. - Bolthouse Farms said Friday that it is voluntarily recalling over 5,000 cases of its carrot chips due to a possible salmonella exposure.

The Bakersfield, Calf.-based food company said that a North Carolina health official detected the possibility of salmonella in a single 16-ounce bag during a routine sampling. Bolthouse Farms said it has not received any reports of consumer illness or other consumer complaints related to this product.

The company said it is recalling the chips out of an abundance of caution.

About 5,600 cases of the 16-ounce bags shipped to retail customers in the United States and Canada are being recalled. The chips are labeled as Bolthouse Farms Carrot Chips. On the front right corner of the bags they have listed a best-if-used-by date of Nov. 12 or 13 and an identifying stamp of BF 212 J11UPC 71464 17209 or BF212 J12UPC 71464 17209.

Consumers who bought these affected products should not eat them and return the product for an exchange or full refund.

Salmonella is an organism that can cause a foodborne illness, symptoms of which include diarrhea, fever and abdominal cramps.

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IXLR8

Carrot Chips? Get healthy eat Carrot Chips!!, Yum Yum. Why am I choking to death with the runs at the same time?? Damn health nut hippies!! Natural selection at work to cleanse the world of tree huggers.

Eat Bubbas Pork Rinds instead, they give you a spring in your step and and you'll be natural every dang gun day.

#1 - Fri Nov 2, 2012 3:38 PM EDT

momo-588486

Relax dude, no one said anything about you eating dead animals. Relax, no need to attack the carrot eating crowd. Breath deeply.......just breath............no problem, you go ahead and eat that dead pig, breath deeply.

Relax, no one really cares what you or anyone else eats. Relax dude.

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#1.1 - Sat Nov 3, 2012 7:17 PM EDT

Michannemag

Bolthouse is a wonderful company that employs many people in the Bakersfield area. I have quite a few friends that are employed by them and they are wonderful to work for. It is sad that this kind of crises has happened to their produce and hopefully all can be removed from stores without affecting any other people.

#2 - Fri Nov 2, 2012 5:24 PM EDT

RickCarter12

You might try using ozone sterilization of the chips in the future. Just a suggestion. (I can't wait to try them, never heard of them before! Yum, yum!) - RC

#3 - Fri Nov 2, 2012 7:09 PM EDT

whisperingsage

Where did the salmonella come from? This isn't a normal bacteria in carrots.

#4 - Sat Nov 3, 2012 12:53 AM EDT

JWLTude

Not in the carrots, on the carrots.

#5 - Sat Nov 3, 2012 9:39 AM EDT

Sugraddict1973

There are no "consumer illness's" because no one is storming the castle for carrot chips.

#6 - Sat Nov 3, 2012 12:31 PM EDT