Holiday bakers: Beware of these hazelnut recalls

Just in time for holiday baking there has been a large recall of hazelnuts that has spawned several smaller recalls and affected such companies as Whole Foods and Harry & David. The original recall of 114,350 lbs. of shelled hazelnuts potentially contaminated with salmonella was made late last week by Willamette Shelling of Newberg, Oregon. In the days that followed there have been six more recalls from companies to which Willamette or its customers distributed the nuts. Although the recall is centered in Oregon, the nuts were distributed to many states.

If you use hazelnuts in your favorite holiday recipes you may want to take note of these recall notices from the Food & Drug Administration. Salmonella can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems.

Willamette Shelling of Newberg, OR: 114,350 lbs of shelled hazelnuts.
Distributed to: Kunze Farms, Evonuk Oregon Hazelnuts, Canadian Hazelnuts, Firestone Farms.

Willamette Filbert Growers of Newberg, OR: 29,861 lbs of shelled hazelnuts and shelled organic hazelnuts.
Distributed in: Oregon and California.

Kunze Farms of Dayton, OR: 32,950 lbs. of hazelnut kernels.
Distributed to wholesalers in: Oregon, New York, Arizona, Washington, Utah, Texas and Colorado.

Whole Foods: Unspecified amount of organic raw hazelnuts and non-organic dry roasted hazelnuts.
Sold in bulk through its stores in: California, Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico, Nevada, Oregon, Utah and Washington.

Evonuk Oregon Hazelnuts of Eugene, OR: 6,712.5 lbs. of raw and dry roasted hazelnut kernels.
Sold in: Washington, Oregon, California, Nevada, Oklahoma and New Jersey.

Harry and David: raw, shelled hazelnut kernels.
Sold in: Harry & David Country Village store in Medford, Oregon.

Burnt Ridge Orchards of Onalaska WA: 98 pounds of shelled hazelnuts.
Sold at: the Olympia Farmer's Market in Olympia, WA.