Butter Toffee Peanuts and Yogurt Covered Peanuts are being recalled by Nutty Guys after live insects and larvae were found in some of the products. Thousands of peanut products and products containing peanuts, including human and pet foods, have been recalled in recent months sue to possible Salmonella contamination. The Nutty Guys recall is not linked to those recalls and this problem is not thought to pose a serious health risk.

Recalled Nutty Guys Peanut Products
The Recalled Butter Toffee Peanuts and Yogurt Covered Peanuts have sell by dates of March 15, 2010 and earlier. They are packaged in one pound, plastic see-through bags. Affected Butter Toffee Peanuts have the UPC code 8 31852 00261 0. Affected Yogurt Peanuts have the UPC code 8 31852 00279 5. About 2,000lbs of the recalled peanut products were sold.

The recalled Nutty Guys peanut products were distributed to the following states:

• Arizona
• California
• Colorado
• Idaho
• Montana
• Nevada
• Texas
• Utah
• Washington
• Wyoming

If you have either of these recalled peanut products you should contact Nutty Guys for instructions on how to obtain a refund.

Controlling Pests in Nuts
Live bugs are a common problem in nuts and some other foods. While there are some methods used to control and get rid of pests in nuts, many people find food treated with those methods even more undesirable than the bugs themselves. For instance, ionizing radiation can be used to sterilize or kill pests by damaging their DNA, but it is not always effective and the safety of irradiation technology is questionable at best.

If you have taken a product that was later discovered to be defective or dangerous in any way, please contact the experienced defective product attorneys of Schlichter, Bogard & Denton serving clients nationwide.