The maker of the popular Detour Bars has filed for bankruptcy due to the tainted peanut recall by its supplier.
Reuters reports:
Forward Foods, which makes high protein, snack and meal replacement bars primarily under the Detour name, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in Delaware, saying that a significant amount of its inventory must be condemned.The company had voluntarily recalled all Detour bars that contained roasted peanuts from Peanut Corp on Jan. 29 on worries the supplier had distributed peanut products contaminated by salmonella, an organism that can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children and the elderly.
Sales of Detour products containing peanut product from Peanut Corp made up about 75 percent of Forward Foods’ protein bar sales, the company said in documents filed with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.
