Plainview Milk Products Cooperative Issues Voluntary Recall

FDA, USDA, and Plainview Testing Finds no Product Contamination of Plainview
Manufactured Product

MINNEAPOLIS, June 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Plainview Milk Products Cooperative,
Plainview, Minnesota, is voluntarily recalling instant nonfat dried milk, whey
protein, fruit stabilizers and gums (thickening agents) that it has
manufactured over the past two years, because of possible Salmonella
contamination. Testing by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and U.S.
Department of Agriculture of the Plainview products impacted by the recall has
not found any contamination and there have been no reports of illness related
to the product, which is not sold directly to consumers.

According to Dallas Moe, general manager, Plainview Milk Products Cooperative,
"Product safety is our first priority and none of the Plainview products that
were tested by government agencies and our independent labs found any signs of
product contamination. After the product cleared quality testing and left our
facility it was blended with other ingredients and that's when contamination
was found, but in situations like this it's in the public's best interest to
be overly cautious."

Plainview sells its products to other customers who may then incorporate them
into their own products. Testing by the USDA of a product produced by one of
Plainview's customers found Salmonella. The product that was produced, a dairy
shake powder, contained Plainview product that had been dry blended with a
number of other ingredients not manufactured by Plainview.

As part of an investigation by the FDA prior to the recall, environmental and
product testing was conducted at the Plainview facility. Product testing found
no contamination. Environmental testing (swab samples from walls, ceilings,
floors, and equipment) found some positive test results for Salmonella.
Plainview is presently in the process of disassembling all equipment in
question for cleaning and is taking other precautionary measures such as the
use of anti-microbial surface coatings in order to ensure environmental
safety.

Plainview is cooperating fully with the FDA, USDA, and the Minnesota
Department of Agriculture, and has ceased production of the products in
question.

"Plainview has an outstanding product safety record and we're taking all the
steps necessary to make sure it stays that way," added Moe.

SOURCE Plainview Milk Products Cooperative

Glenn Karwoski, +1-612-342-9649, or cell, +1-651-338-8115,
g.karwoski@creativepr.com, or Jill Spiekerman, +1-515-971-9613,
j.spiekerman@creativepr.com, both of Karwoski & Courage for Plainview Milk
Products Cooperative