Unilever is recalling three of its Slim-Fast bar products in the US due to them possibly containing peanuts being recalled by Peanut Corporation of America (PCA).

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The recall was ordered by the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) on 12 February and includes the Optima caramel crispy peanut meal on-the-go bars and the Meal Options breakfast & lunch bars – Dutch chocolate and peanut butter flavours.


The Optima bars are sold in boxes of six with a UPC: 0834623790 and the Meal Options bars have the following codes: Dutch chocolate UPC: 0834601520 and peanut butter UPC: 0834601522.


Slim-Fast is urging any consumers who have any of the three affected Slim-Fast bar products to discard them.


The company said no other Slim-Fast products, shakes or bars have been affected by the recall.

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This is the latest of a number of recalls to take place across the US recently as a precaution over the salmonella outbreak.


To date, some 637 people in 43 US states have been infected with the outbreak, which has been traced to a PCA plant in Blakely. Nine deaths have also been linked to the outbreak, while one person has also been taken ill in Canada.

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