Chukar Cherry Company Announces Nationwide Recall of Products Containing Pistachios

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE -- Prosser, WA (April 2, 2009) – Chukar Cherry Co. of Prosser, WA announced today that it is voluntarily recalling from nationwide distribution specific "best before" dates of Chukar brand and Norm Thompson brand packaged products containing pistachios from Setton Pistachio of Terra Bella, Inc. sold directly to consumers or resellers due to potential contamination with the Salmonella organism. Chukar Cherry Co. has received no reports of illness related to their products containing pistachios; the company is issuing this recall as a precaution. This potential contamination is not related to the recent peanut/peanut butter recalls.