(WTXL) - The company that made an ingredient in Ritz crackers, Goldfish crackers, Swiss Rolls and bread recently removed from store shelves over Salmonella concerns has recalled bags of its whey powder.
Associated Milk Producers Inc. sells whey powder to companies that make food and as animal feed, not directly to consumers.
AMPI is recalling certain dry whey powder packaged in 50 pound and 25-kg bags as a precautionary measure, according to a U.S. Food and Drug Administration news release. The recalled dry whey powder was made at the cooperative's Blair, Wisconsin, plant in May and June 2018.
Although some of AMPI's whey powder tested positive for salmonella, the dairy company said, all products shipped to the marketplace tested negative for salmonella.
The company says it has asked customers who received the recalled dry whey powder lots to either return or destroy the powder.
Recently recalled products include 16 kinds of Ritz crackers and Ritz Bits; four kinds of Pepperidge Farm Goldfish crackers; and Swiss Rolls and bread made by Flowers Foods and sold under various brand names, including Walmart's Great Value.
People should discard or return any recalled product to the store where it was purchased, the FDA said.
"As there are likely other food products made by other manufacturers that also use this common ingredient, there may be other recalls initiated in the coming days," FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb said.
So far no one is known to have become sick because of the recalled products, Gottlieb said.
"These recalls are being initiated because of a potential risk, and out of an abundance of caution," he said.
Salmonella, a microorganism, can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people and others with weakened immune systems.
Healthy people infected with Salmonella often experience fever, diarrhea, nausea, vomiting and abdominal pain.
