For immediate release -Newport Beach, Ca, January 22, 2009.

Promax Nutrition Corp. is exercising extreme caution and enacting a voluntarily withdrawal of 2 lots of Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Promax (75g) Bars and 1 lot of Double Fudge Brownie 70 Calorie (20g) Bars — which contain peanut paste from Peanut Corp. of America.

While Promax uses outside independent labs to test all of our products, and has found
no salmonella contamination, we are exercising an abundance of caution in withdrawing these bars — which have tested negative for salmonella. To date, Promax has received no consumer complaints of any symptoms of salmonella from consuming our bars.

No other Promax products or flavors are included in this voluntary withdrawal.

If you are in possession of any of the following bars — please do not consume the bar. You can apply for a refund by locating the Best Buy code on the back of the wrapper, cutting it out, and sending it to Promax Nutrition Corp. along with the Consumer Refund Form (download here). For more information, please contact Promax Customer Service at 888-728-8962.

“We regret any inconvenience we have caused our consumers, but due to the increased concern for public safety, we are erring on the side of extreme caution in order to maintain the highest level of safety for our consumers” – Tim Welch, President and CEO, Promax Nutrition Corp.