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.
We'll be praying for ya! (She says, only half joking.)
I would think if the jar were really contaminated and you ate so much, that you would be quite a bit sicker than you described.
However, taking no chances with the wee one, I'd have Mrs. IR call her doctor in the morning and check the situation out. Good luck!
IslandJeff has that ping list I think.
Symptoms of Salmonella infection include diarrhea, abdominal cramps, fever, nausea, and/or vomiting. The diarrhea may be non-bloody, occur several times per day, and not be very voluminous, although in severe cases it may be frequent, bloody and/or mucoid, and of high volume. Fever generally occurs in the 38°C to 39°C range. Vomiting is less common than diarrhea. Headaches, myalgias (muscle pain), and arthralgias (joint pain) are often reported as well. Whereas the diarrhea typically lasts 24 to 72 hours, patients often report fatigue and other nonspecific symptoms lasting 7 days or longer.
MORE INFO AT LINK
http://www.about-salmonella.com/page3.htm
Same here : )
That's what I was thinking, but now I'm starting to wonder. While our symptoms haven't been extreme, both Mrs. IR and myself have experienced discomfort. She's been complaining about cramps for over a week, but we both attributed it to the pregnancy. This is our first, so we really aren't sure what to expect. Our visit to the doctor last week didn't reveal anything abnormal, so we just assumed her cramps, nausea, muscle aches, and lethargy were all part of the experience.
However, taking no chances with the wee one, I'd have Mrs. IR call her doctor in the morning and check the situation out.
Indeed!
Put them into a gift package and quickly find a democrat. ; >)
The ping list having anything to do with diabetes is maintained by FReeper IslandJeff as mentioned above.
~ Blue Jays ~
Thanks for the post! Just bought a jar of this yesterday, fercryingoutloud.
I always buy Jif, but they didn't have any small jars of it, so I bought Peter Pan for the first time in eons.
Of course.
At least it's unopened, but just barely.
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We were sick last week out of the blue, too. Will check the PB in the a.m.
Bummer.
Did they issue a Total Destruction Protocol?
Really, what do they mean---"destroy" the PB?
Yeah, how were we supposed to find out about this if it weren't for FR?
Some people have to avoid peanut butter altogether. I watched a colleague almost die of an allergic reaction to peanuts in our computer ops center during a Christmas party after he ate something with peanuts in it. He had to be rushed to the hospital.
I don't see a product code anywhere on my Great Value Peanut Butter jar. Where does one find it?
I just checked and I have a (nearly empty) Great Value Crunchy PB jar, and sure as heck, there is the 2111!
Great. The only peanut butter I buy. Peter Pan...Ugh!!!!
If got six jars in the pantry and all are 2111. Amen.
Thank you very much,
One half used Peter Pan Creamy 28 ounce with bad code!
Slight diarrea and slight head aches for last two weeks which is very rere for me.
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