Monday, February 23, 2009

Mighty-O Peanut Safety

You might have seen on the news that we have recalled our Nutty Vanilla donuts made before February 5, 2009. If not, you can read the official press release. The press release explains that this was entirely a precautionary measure, and that no cases of salmonella have been linked to our donuts, but it doesn't go into much detail about how we know our donuts are safe.

Our supplier recalled some of their peanuts, but they did not actually recall the peanuts that Mighty-O buys. However, we thought it best, out of caution, to go ahead and throw out all the peanuts we had from that supplier and to recall the donuts that had those peanuts on them. Our supplier now gets their peanuts from an entirely different source that is in no way affiliated with the Peanut Corporation of America. To be extra safe, our supplier is having all of their new peanuts sent to a third-party lab to test for salmonella: they will not ship out any peanuts until they have confirmation that they are safe.

So what does this mean for our customers? It means your peanut-topped Mighty-O donuts are safe and were always safe. It means that from now on, our peanuts will be rigorously tested to make sure they are safe. You can enjoy your favorite peanutty donuts free of worry.

We are concerned about what we and our customers put in our bodies. We do everything we can to ensure our ingredients are as safe and clean as they can possibly be. Our voluntary participation in the donut recall was entirely a precautionary measure to assure our customers that our donuts are always made of the finest ingredients.