News | June 13, 2000

Sunkist OJ Recalled in Southern California

Olympic Foods of Spokane, WA, has voluntarily removed from distribution Sunkist Orange Juice From Concentrate in 16-oz plastic bottles, coded JUL10, due to suspected product contamination.

The product was packed by Santee Dairies of City of Industry, CA, for Olympic Foods, a trademark licensee of Sunkist Growers. The distribution of this product was limited to Southern California.

There have been two instances where consumers detected and reported possible product contamination. To be overly cautious, Olympic Foods has elected to remove the product from distribution, amounting to approximately 37,000 bottles.

Consumers having any bottles of this product should return them to the place of purchase for a refund.

No other products of Olympic Foods, Santee Dairies or Sunkist Growers are involved.

For more information: Olympic Foods, Michelle Halverson, Tel: 509-455-8059; Santee Dairies, Paul Bikowitz, Tel: 626-923-3055; Sunkist Growers, William K. Quarles, Tel: 818-379-7340