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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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.
Morning always comes too fast when I'm on FR at night... One minute it's 10:30pm, next thing I know it's 2:30am... ;-)
Yikes, I'd better scoot or it will soon be time to get up :-)
Not only that, as much peanut oil as possible is removed, and replaced with canola oil, in the others.
I realize this thread has nothing to do with Fox News, but I wanted to be sure you saw this FDA alert. It appears several FReepers have this recalled peanut butter in their homes...
I realize this thread has nothing to do with Connecticut, but I wanted to be sure you saw this FDA alert. It appears several FReepers have this recalled peanut butter in their homes...
Discard it? My two jars are going back to the store where I bought them along with a print out of the article. It's refund time.
I always get Skippy creamy. In fact, I think I'll carve up an apple right now and do some PB dipping.
Hmmm mmm!
I guess it must be all the runoff from the cattle farms and the feral pigs rooting in the vats again.
Is there a diabetic ping list? Lots of diabetics snack on PB.
bttt
Check out this very important warning! Several FReepers have discovered they have these contaminated jars of peanut butter at home...
Thanks, FRiend. I alerted everyone on my four ping lists! :o)
Uh oh... The President likes PJ... I hope they didn't serve him the contaminated ones...
Ooopsss... Peanut Butter & Jam...
Great
Just had a Big peanut butter and grape jelly sandwich right before I read this post.
Yep, the #'s start with 2111.
Thanks for the Heads Up anyway.
MC
It's 10:54 pm pst here. I'll check-in mid-morning Thursday
Thanks for the ping!
I'm pretty sure I ate some, too, with crackers on Sunday night. I have had a really bad headache for the last couple of days, and my eyes have really been irritated. I just chalked it up to allergies.
I checked out WebMD and those are two of the symptoms. I haven't had any GI problems, though.
Hmmm... Mrs. IR is currently in her 2nd trimester, and PB crackers were the only thing she could keep down for a while. A few here, a few there. She finally got over the morning sickness, and I inherited the remainder of her jar of Peter Pan. I promptly scarfed down a 3rd of the jar. During the past couple of days, I, too, have noticed a disturbance in the force.
So, I just went to the kitchen and checked the jar for a product code. Just my luck... 2111.
Surely, salmonella would produce far worse symptoms, right?
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