Girl Scouts of Greater Iowa Lemonades Cookies are safe!

For Immediate Release: February 26, 2010

Contact: 
Girl Scouts of Greater Iowa
Marylee Rehm, Product Sales Director
515-278-2881

The Girl Scout Cookie “Lemonades” being sold by Girl Scouts of Greater Iowa are NOT affected by the recent Quality Withdrawal and Product Replacement notice issued from Little Brownie Bakers. Girl Scouts of Greater Iowa purchases cookies from ABC Bakers/Interbake Foods. There are only two licensed bakers of Girl Scout cookies, Little Brownie Bakers and ABC Bakers/Interbake Foods.

According to a statement received by Girl Scouts of Greater Iowa from ABC Bakers, they regularly test their cookies and have not detected any evidence of oil rancidity in the Lemonades or any of the other varieties.  Given the inherent stability of the oils they have chosen for their formulations, they do not expect Lemonades or any other varieties to experience any issues similar to those that Little Brownie Bakers is currently experiencing with their Lemon Chalet Crèmes.

Girl Scouts of Greater Iowa serves 71 counties in Iowa, two counties in South Dakota and one county in Nebraska.

About Girl Scouts of Greater Iowa:

Serving girls in Western Iowa, Girl Scouts of Greater Iowa provides leadership programming to over 15,000 girls and 4,000 adult volunteers.  It is a great time to be a Girl Scout and you can sign up at any time during the year.  To find out more about our program, please visit our website at www.girlscoutsiowa.org or call us at 515-278-2881 or 800-342-8389.  

About GSUSA:

Founded in 1912, Girl Scouts of the USA is the preeminent leadership development organization for girls with 3.6 million girl and adult members worldwide. Girl Scouting is the leading authority in girls’ healthy developments and builds girls of courage, confidence and character, who make the world a better place. The organization serves girls from every corner of the United States and its territories. Girl Scouts of the USA also serves American girls and their classmates attending American or international schools overseas in 90 countries. For more info on how to join, volunteer, reconnect or donate to Girls Scouts, call (800) GSUSA 4 U (800-478-7248) or visit www.girlscouts.org.

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