Little Debbie peanut butter crackers recalled

AP on Yahoo ^ | 1/18/09 | AP

[NormsRevenge]

WASHINGTON – The company that sells Little Debbie snacks announced a recall Sunday of peanut butter crackers because of a potential link to a deadly salmonella outbreak.

The voluntary recall came one day after the government advised consumers to avoid eating cookies, cakes, ice cream and other foods with peanut butter until health officials learn more about the contamination.

[TomGuy]

I bought 2 jars of peanuts just last week. Already finished one off, and it didn’t kill me.

I hope the other jar was from the same batch.

[PennsylvaniaMom]

Qualify as edible?!?!?

You have obviously never enjoyed a Swiss Cake Roll or a Cosmic Brownie.

[NoRedTape]

"Should I start leaving out the heaping tablespoon of peanut butter in my oatmeal with raisins?"

Man that sounds good. Dunno, play it by ear. It sounds like the MSM is sayin' jarred peanut butter is still OK because of the heat that they cook the peanuts with. But don't take my word for it.

[pillut48]

Yes, that ‘appears’ inspires a lot of confidence in me, that’s for sure!! ::rolls eyes::

[pillut48]

What about things like diet bars? My husband went to Sam’s yesterday and came back with a large box of Zone protein bars, chocolate and peanut butter...we’ve already started eating them, hopefully they aren’t contaminated!!

Guess I’ll go check their website!

[pillut48]

Actuallly, peanut butter is supposed to be good for you (at least the kinds without all the added sugar/high fructose corn syrup)—I went to a nutritionist several years ago because of my thyroid problem and trying to lose weight...I’d given up peanut butter because of the high fat content, and she told me no, I needed to eat *more* p.b. because it has the good kind of fat that helps control cholesterol, etc.!

So here’s a spoonful of p.b. held up in salute for you! Not a bad midnight snack after all! :-)

[TomGuy]

My husband went to Sam’s yesterday and came back with a large box of Zone protein bars, chocolate and peanut butter...we’ve already started eating them, hopefully they aren’t contaminated!!

If you started eating them yesterday, and you are sitting at your computer rather than in your bathroom, chances are they are edible.

[MHGinTN]

Pulling the cooked cokkies is a telling sign ... I suspect those ‘cookies’ are mroe dehydrated pastes quick-browned than actual baked cookies.

[Viking2002]

Exactly. I'm diabetic, so we only buy the No Sugar Added varieties. When I got diagnosed several years ago, I had to attend a clinic for it, and found out that, while nuts do have a fair amount of fats in them, there are a lot of nutritional benefits as well, just as you said. A little peanut butter in the middle of the night is healthier for you than a ham sammich with Miracle Whip. LOL

[Knute]

Yikes! I bought a “brick” of Austin Peanut Butter crackers to take to the hospital where I am now neutrapenic. Chemo has taken my immune system to an ANC of 0.00. I ate 3 packages of these crackers the last two days. The listing shows that the suspect list includes "Manufactured after July 1" Mine are dated June 28... For two days, do I risk eating a favorite snack? My appetite for the orange squares with tan centers is way diminished!

[relictele]

I admit that was tongue-in-cheek. I have a sneaky LD every once in while.

[Aliska]

Maybe there was more of this in the past that we just didn't hear about. Growing up you didn't eat anything with eggs and mayo out of machines, esp in the summer. Also botulism from home-canned green beans.

I try not to scare too easily over this stuff, but I guess you have to heed these warnings.

I've only bought unsalted, unshelled peanuts for the birds, like them but usually don't buy too much of that for myself. I love peanut butter on bananas, and lately when I don't have much to snack on, I eat a couple spoonfuls of pb.

I don't think you have anything to worry about. A lot of what is being recalled is probably safe enough. Wouldn't baked peanut butter cookies have the virus destroyed by the heat?

Also, maybe it isn't heated high enough, but it appears pb in jars has been heated so it can be poured into those jars by machines.

[MHGinTN]

The store bought PB cookies are probably a room temp paste, dehydrated then flash browned, not actually cooked the way homemade would be. Such formulating twchnique will not kill the bacteria inside the paste but would reduce number in a cookie until it had time to flourish on the shelf.

[Aliska]

You are probably right, didn’t know they used a paste. I used to like those cheese crackers w/pb, and that looks like it could be some pasty concoction, don’t know diddley about the mfg process of pb.

[HuntsvilleTxVeteran]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1785398/posts

Nearly 2 years ago.
FDA Warns Consumers Not to Eat Certain Jars of Peter
Pan and Great Value Peanut Butter

FDA ^ | 2/14/2007 | FDA

Posted on Thursday, February 15, 2007 11:01:22 AM by
HuntsvilleTxVeteran

FDA News

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE P07-21 February 14, 2007

Media Inquiries: 301-827-6242

Consumer Inquiries: 888-INFO-FDA

FDA Warns Consumers Not to Eat Certain Jars of Peter Pan
Peanut Butter and Great Value Peanut Butter Product May
be Contaminated With Salmonella

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is warning consumers
not to eat certain jars of Peter Pan peanut butter or Great
Value peanut butter due to risk of contamination with
Salmonella Tennessee (a bacterium that causes foodborne
illness).
The affected jars of Peter Pan and Great Value peanut
butter have a product code located on the lid of the
jar that begins with the number “2111.”
Both the Peter Pan and Great Value brands are manufactured
in a single facility in Georgia by ConAgra.
Great Value peanut butter made by other manufacturers is
not affected.

[HoneysuckleTN]

Are all store bought cookies made that way?

[penowa]

I checked and the Lance peanut butter crackers are not on the re-call list. I guess I could switch to the cheese ones if I was really worried, but my preference is for those orange ones with the peanut butter.

[MHGinTN]

No, some are actually baked at high temp in long ovens. The quicker way though and less energy used is to make a paste that is propped in a dollup then pressed to shae, send through a microwave dehydrator, then falsh browned. The internal paste never gets to high enough temp for long enough to kill the full range of bacteria so the ingredients and mixing must be done in close to sterile equipment. It is not kept sterile as diligently as needed at some manufacturing facilities ... pay-offs to get health stickers happen in places other than the produce and meat industries. ;^(

[Golddigger3]

Little Debbie provides the best sugar snack for the dollar in Chicago. The peanut butter, chocolate wafers are great.

[MHGinTN]

The ‘2111’ is not stamped on the lid of GV, it is on the neck of the jar near the lid. I have one I bought last week from a WalMart store ... was wondering why I had stomach cramps and loose stool!