Posted on 02/14/2007 9:35:51 PM PST by Buddy B
FDA News
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE P07-21 February 14, 2007
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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.
Thanks for the heads-up. Two brand new jars of Peter Pan in the cupboard with numbers beginning with 2111. Just great, I ate about 2 ounces with crackers 12 hours ago.
Just one more reason I am glad I switched from Peanut Butter to Nutella. It tastes just like ferrero rocher candy, only spreadable.
Choosy doctors choose Jiff. ;0P
Do you know where smuckers organic PB is made?? Not in the states. south of the border.
Good grief!
I have 2 huge jars of this :-(
OMG ... got some, the 2111 GV stuff. Sam and Ella haven't come to visit, though.
Thanks for this post!! I found TWO jars, one "PP Plus Creamy", and one "PP NO No Sugar Added".
....and they BOTH have already been opened.....
Wow, thanks for the post. Fortunately I have only JIF peanut butter in the house...
Please FReepmail me if you want on or off my ‘miscellaneous’ ping list.
Does that mean we shouldn't eat any food that comes from outside the US of A?!
Are there little sweat shops in Mexico, full of kids peeling peanuts to make this stuff? What's the deal?
Any FReepers with ping lists, please ping 'em...
Let's try to remember to bump this tomorrow for more visibility.
I saw that! I'll have to check the pantry tomorrow morning. Oops - it is morning :-)
Pinging my ping list to this important warning.
I know... it is stunning, isn't it?
Hmmm... I have a couple more ping lists. I think I'd better alert them as well...
Not finding a sweat shop page, but thanks for the link!
:-)
Well now we know that the insides of Peter Pan and Great Value are identical. Anyone want to bet that the prices are different?
I've got two jars (PP smooth) with the recall code.
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