Beasley, Allen, Crow, Methvin, Portis & Miles, P.C.

Another salmonella-related recall was announced by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, this time for a brand of sauce and gravy mixes manufactured by the C.F. Sauer Company of Richmond, Virginia.

The recalled products include brown gravy, brown gravy with mushrooms, brown gravy with onions, turkey gravy, pork gravy, country sausage gravy, country style gravy, Alfredo sauce mix, Cajun gumbo mix, and Hollandaise sauce mix manufactured by Sauer under the Sauer’s, Gold Medal, and Piggly Wiggly brand names.

According to the FDA, the recalled products include non-fat dry milk made by the Plainview Products Cooperative, which recently recalled its instant dry milk and other products because of salmonella contamination.

The recalled products are packaged in foil packets or plastic jars. Cartons of the mixes were shipped to retail stores in Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, Mississippi, Ohio, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky, Florida, and Pennsylvania.

Salmonella bacteria cause serious and occasionally fatal illness in people with weakened immune systems, young children, and elderly people. Healthy people infected by Salmonella bacteria typically experience fever, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, and abdominal pain. The bacteria may also enter the bloodstream and cause infected aneurysms and other arterial infections, endocarditis, and arthritis.

The FDA has not received any reports of Salmonella infection associated with this recall.

Consumers who have any of the recalled products may return them to the store of purchase for a full refund. They may also call the C.F. Sauer Company at 1-800-688-5676 between 8:00 am and 4:30 pm Eastern.

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