Military pulls peanut products from rations

Military pulls peanut products from rations
By Sandra Jontz, Stars and Stripes
European edition, Friday, January 30, 2009

Roughly 1,000 Europe-bound bulk meals used by U.S. military personnel contain peanut butter products that are part of a massive recall because of possible salmonella contamination, officials said.

The U.S. military has pulled commercial products from store shelves and also from Unitized Group Rations-A, or what old-timers might call T-Rats.

The UGR-As are "modules of commercial food items (that) provide a complete meal for 50 personnel," said Lt. Col. Martin LaGodna, deputy commander of the Europe Regional Veterinary Command. They often are used by deployed troops or those in the field for training exercises.

Most of the 1,000 modules still are sailing by ship from the United States to Europe, but those few that have arrived already have had the products removed, LaGodna said. "We’ll continue to look for them … over the next couple of months."

The products are not included in the military’s Meals, Ready to Eat, or MREs.


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