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FDA Warns Consumers Not to Eat Certain Jars of Peter Pan Peanut Butter and Great Value Peanut Butter
U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ^ | February 14, 2007 | Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

Posted on 02/14/2007 9:35:51 PM PST by Buddy B

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.

If consumers have any of this Peter Pan or Great Value brand peanut butter in their home that has been purchased since May 2006, they should discard it.

Symptoms of foodborne illness caused by Salmonella include fever, diarrhea and abdominal cramps. In persons with poor underlying health or weakened immune systems, Salmonella can invade the bloodstream and cause life-threatening infections. Individuals who have recently eaten Peter Pan and Great Value brand peanut butter beginning with product code 2111 and have experienced any of these symptoms should contact their doctor or health care provider immediately. Any such illnesses should be reported to state or local health authorities.

FDA's warning is based on a just-completed epidemiological study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the states and local health agencies, which links 288 cases of foodborne illness in 39 states to consumption of varying types of Peter Pan peanut butter. This report was provided to FDA on February 13.

The outbreak appears to be ongoing and the first consumer may have become ill in August 2006. The cause of foodborne illnesses can be difficult to identify. As a result of extensive epidemiological testing and recent case control studies, CDC was recently able to identify Peter Pan peanut butter as the likely cause of illness. Great Value brand peanut butter beginning with product code 2111 is manufactured in the same plant as Peter Pan peanut butter and, thus, is believed to be at similar risk of contamination.

ConAgra is recalling all Peter Pan and Great Value peanut butter beginning with product code 2111 that already was distributed. The company also is destroying all affected products in their possession. The company will cease production until the exact cause of contamination can be identified and eliminated. ConAgra will advise consumers to destroy any Peter Pan and Great Value brand peanut butter beginning with product code 2111 in their possession. To assist in this endeavor, FDA has sent investigators to ConAgra's processing plant in Sylvester, Georgia where the products are made to review records, collect product samples and conduct tests for Salmonella Tennessee.

FDA will provide regular updates as more information becomes available.

Consumers who have questions should contact ConAgra at 866-344-6970.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: greatvalue; peanutbutter; peterpan; salmonella
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To: tertiary01

Are they roasted or dried prior to crushing for P.B.?


121 posted on 02/15/2007 8:05:42 AM PST by Graybeard58 (Remember and pray for SSgt. Matt Maupin - MIA/POW- Iraq since 04/09/04)
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To: tertiary01

Never mind. They are roasted. I looked it up.


122 posted on 02/15/2007 8:13:34 AM PST by Graybeard58 (Remember and pray for SSgt. Matt Maupin - MIA/POW- Iraq since 04/09/04)
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To: Buddy B

Those are the only two brands I buy (Walmart brand-Great Value- is very similiar in taste and texture to Peter Pan)

I will check tonight. A 13 year old boy friend of the family just died this week due to a 'stomach virus'. I wonder.... I need to call his Mama.


123 posted on 02/15/2007 8:47:42 AM PST by Southerngl
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To: Buddy B

BTW, so ConAgra gets to just keep the $15 I gave them when I throw out my peanut butter?

What a Jiff! I mean gyp!


124 posted on 02/15/2007 8:51:30 AM PST by Southerngl
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To: Southerngl

If nothing else, this is a good indicator that the inexpensive WM brand is pretty equivalent to the name brand.
I'll have to check it out next time.


125 posted on 02/15/2007 8:55:41 AM PST by nascarnation
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To: Buddy B

SELF-PING


126 posted on 02/15/2007 8:57:42 AM PST by MortMan (Middle Age: When playing like a child makes you feel like an old man the next morning.)
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To: Xenalyte

Got to check my pantry this evening...

Thanks for the ping!!!


127 posted on 02/15/2007 9:04:06 AM PST by stevie_d_64 (Houston Area Texans (I've always been hated))
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To: nascarnation
WM brand is pretty equivalent to the name brand. I'll have to check it out next time.

Their private label stuff is generally as good as name brand (canned fruit, etc.) - I do the weekly shopping for the caregivers who look after my old parents; I remember buying some GV peanut butter, so I just phoned and told the gal to pull the jar out for my inspection later today....and NOT to make PBJ sammies for lunch!

128 posted on 02/15/2007 9:05:12 AM PST by ErnBatavia (Forward this to your 10 very best friends....)
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To: Buddy B

Yep. Had it in my pantry. Almost empty. :(


129 posted on 02/15/2007 9:11:00 AM PST by I'm ALL Right! ("Tolerance" is only required of Conservatives and Christians.)
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To: nascarnation
If nothing else, this is a good indicator that the inexpensive WM brand is pretty equivalent to the name brand.

Many 'private label' products are manufactured by the name brands, in the same factories, with the same ingredients.

130 posted on 02/15/2007 9:11:05 AM PST by Sloth (The GOP is to DemonRats in politics as Michael Jackson is to Jeffrey Dahmer in babysitting.)
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To: Buddy B

We just tossed an open jar of PP, and swapped three unopened jars at the local Western NY Wegman's for other brands - NQA.


131 posted on 02/15/2007 9:11:12 AM PST by mikrofon (Fingers crossed...)
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To: KoRn

Hmm. Stayed home today b/c of stomache cramps and the like....have a 2111 jar. This explains everything.


132 posted on 02/15/2007 9:23:02 AM PST by I'm ALL Right! ("Tolerance" is only required of Conservatives and Christians.)
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To: I'm ALL Right!
"Stayed home today b/c of stomache cramps and the like"

Hope you get well soon. The only thing you can do is let the stuff have its way with you and it goes away. It's about the worst 24-48 hours you will have.

133 posted on 02/15/2007 9:27:12 AM PST by KoRn
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To: I'm ALL Right!

BTTT - we need to keep this thread on the top!


134 posted on 02/15/2007 9:32:06 AM PST by reagan_fanatic (Every time a jihadist dies, an angel gets its wings.)
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To: Buddy B

Thank you for posting this. I have two containers of PB with that code. I just ate some last night on some Club crackers and woke up this morning vomiting and I've felt lousy all day. Thanks so much for posting. Very important to know.


135 posted on 02/15/2007 10:18:46 AM PST by artsymom
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To: DaveLoneRanger

I think the homeschoolers need to know about this. I found out about it through my local homeschooling e-loop. I just threw out two jars.


136 posted on 02/15/2007 10:21:28 AM PST by 2Jedismom (Expect me when you see me!)
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To: sionnsar

Sionnsar,

Do you want to ping your lists on this?


137 posted on 02/15/2007 10:24:53 AM PST by fanfan ("We don't start fights my friends, but we finish them, and never leave until our work is done."PMSH)
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To: Buddy B

I see the Great Value brand in place such as Wal-mart. Are they as good as the brand names? I'm always a little hesitant because I don't know who made the stuff.

Thanks for the information.


139 posted on 02/15/2007 10:31:09 AM PST by hsmomx3
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To: DaveLoneRanger; 2Jedismom

Thanks a lot! I just checked my jar of unopened peanut butter and I have the offending product code.


140 posted on 02/15/2007 10:31:15 AM PST by streetpreacher (What if you're wrong?)
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