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Allergy Alert on Undeclared Peanut Butter in Prestige Caramel Coyote Ice Cream

NEWS RELEASE



Contact:  Mickey Clerc
          904-783-5409

For Immediate Release

JACKSONVILLE, Fla., September 6, 2001 -- Winn-Dixie Stores, Inc. is voluntarily recalling one-half gallon packages of Prestige Caramel Coyote Ice Cream with the code date Jan 24 2002. This product may contain undeclared peanut butter. People who have an allergy or severe sensitivity to peanuts run the risk of serious or life threatening allergic reaction if they consume this products.

Winn-Dixie spokesman Mickey Clerc said, "Through our internal quality assurance process, we determined that some peanut butter was used instead of caramel. As a precaution, we are recalling all product produced in that batch."

This product comes in one-half gallon containers of Prestige Caramel Coyote Ice Cream which are marked with a three line code date of JAN 24 2002 / ( a four digit time code) / 12-356 found above the UPC Bar Code #21140 27053. The company believes that only a small portion of the production run may contain peanut butter. This product was distributed to Winn-Dixie, Thriftway, Jitney Jungle, Save Rite and Sack & Save stores in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Texas, and Virginia,

Winn-Dixie has removed all of this product from its stores and is encouraging all customers who purchased the affected product to return the product to the store where purchased for a full refund or replacement. Consumer with questions may call (888) 245-8584.

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