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Dunkin' Donuts Pulls Dunkaccinos on Salmonella Scare

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Time to stop making the Dunkaccinos. Dunkin' Donuts has temporarily stopped selling its popular coffee drinks and hot chocolate on worries equipment used to make instant nonfat dried milk may be contaminated with salmonella.

Dunkin' Donuts officials told Slashfood that none of its products were contaminated, and the temporary halt in sales is just a precautionary measure.

"We have confirmed that no Dunkin' Donuts products were contaminated," Michelle King, a spokeswoman for Dunkin' Donuts, says. "However, we have made the decision to temporarily withdraw the beverages from our stores to ensure the safety of our customers."

On Monday, Plainview Milk Products Cooperative of Plainview, Minn., voluntarily recalled the dried milk and whey protein due to a possible salmonella contamination. The company is disinfecting equipment in its Plainview facility, officials said.

The doughnut chain plans to sell the drinks again beginning next week.

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Filed Under: Food News
Tags: dunkin donuts, DunkinDonuts, salmonella

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Beth

7-01-2009 @2:37PM Beth said... Another reason to make your own coffee in the morning! I always make my own coffee in the morning with my keurig coffee maker. It is quick, easy, delicious and I don't have to change out of my pj's to have a great cup of coffee. I use CoffeeMate sugar free Vanilla creamer with two splenda and it tastes fabulous and is low cal. I laugh when I see people drinking those big glasses of cream drinks from Dunkin Donuts and Starbuck...most are loaded with fat and sugar and so not worth the calories. And they cost too much too!



If I am going to waste calories I rather have a piece of cheesecake than a calorie laden coffee drink


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Allison Rafferty

7-01-2009 @2:53PM Allison Rafferty said... Beth,
JUST in case you can't read, the directions say to "keep your comments relevant to this blog entry." Something you apparently did not do. People do not get on these blogs to hear some self absorbed, diet touting, illiterate ignoramus talk about their latest new fad. Keep it relevant, or get off.
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DENNIS  I.

7-01-2009 @6:46PM DENNIS I. said... If God wanted us to drink coffee with cream & sugar; He would have made the coffee bean with them included.
Mine is espresso, strong, hot & black, just like my wife.
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jd

7-01-2009 @4:56PM jd said... Beth, obviously, you don't really go to Dunkin Donuts, as you would know that you can also get a coffee, with a sugar free shot of real french vanilla flavoring, along with skim milk, and as many splendas as you care to add. Doesn't make for a "cream" drink as you call it. Your blog sounds more like an ad for a variety of companies. Not very relavant to the story. Yes, I work at Dunkins and believe it or not see many individuals in their pj's and as far as the story goes, it is a voluntary recall. None of our product was tainted, however Dunkin Donuts is very big on customer safety and will take no risks on their part. Better to be safe than sorry.
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gary

7-01-2009 @5:14PM gary said... DUNKIN DONUTS IS A HORRIBLE PLACE TO BUY ANYTHING EDIBLE! Get coffee someplace else! $1.70 for a cup of infused water with sugar and milk/cream...... are you ALL nuts?? Microwave dogsh** food as well! FOLKS get a F'n GRIP! It's overpriced garbage! No WONDER we have so much heart disease, cancer, over weight people in this country. I'm sorry..I've bored you...enjoy the chemo, triple bi-pass surgery etc.
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rob

7-02-2009 @8:02AM rob said... The worst coffee in the world. Used to like the iced coffee but they could never get it right. Switched to iced tea and they still cant manage to get that right. And the staff is so rude and take offense when asked if they are having a shortage of ice when you get iced tea and there are three cubes floating on top of the cup. They act as if they are doing you a favor.
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mshariann1

7-01-2009 @6:38PM mshariann1 said... PLEASE TELL ME AS MUCH AS CAN ABOUT THIS. MY SISTER NEED TO KNOW. SHE A MANAGER FOR THEM. SHARIANN
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Mavrick164

7-10-2009 @5:12PM Mavrick164 said... Splenda....Beth? LOl Thats all I need to know.
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ctpapadukes

7-01-2009 @7:55PM ctpapadukes said... This is a free country..You dont like Dunkin ?..Dont go there. It does tell me alot about a company who pull's its products ahead of of an outbreak to save its customers..GO DUNKIN
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David Thomas

7-02-2009 @12:33PM David Thomas said... I commend Dunkin Donuts. This shows how much they really think of their customers and appreciate the business they get.
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