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!
Check out this very important warning! Several FReepers have discovered they have these contaminated jars of peanut butter at home...
Uh oh... The President likes PJ... I hope they didn't serve him the contaminated ones...
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
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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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!!!!
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.
Better off eating natural peanut butter made with just peanuts.
A story involving Georgia and peanut butter and no Freeper has blamed Jimmy yet?
It's the Peanut Farmer's fault!
Food recall ping (peanut butter, not flu related).
Thank you for posting. My husband was deathly ill the other day and we thought it was from a restaurant we had eaten. I didn't get sick, but I didn't eat the same thing he did. Now I find out we have the peanut butter and he had eaten a peanut butter sandwich! We are taking our jar back to Wal Mart today.
Well, the jar in my cupboard is Jiff, but I haven't looked down in my pantry yet.
However, I did write to the woman in charge of our church pantry and recommended she check all the jars there.
http://www.1010wins.com/pages/234747.php?contentType=4&contentId=326288
CDC: Salmonella Outbreak Linked to Peanut Butter
ATLANTA -- A salmonella outbreak that has slowly grown to nearly 300 cases in 39 states since August has been linked to tainted peanut butter, federal health officials said Wednesday.
It is believed to be the first salmonella outbreak associated with peanut butter in U.S. history, said officials with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
About 20 percent of the 288 infected people have been hospitalized, but none has died, said Dr. Mike Lynch, a CDC epidemiologist.
About 85 percent of the infected people said they ate peanut butter, CDC officials said.
How salmonella got into peanut butter is still under investigation, Lynch said.
The Food and Drug Administration warned consumers not to eat certain jars of Peter Pan or Great Value peanut butter because of the risk of contamination.
The affected jars have a product code on the lid that begins with the number "2111.'' The affected jars are made by ConAgra in a single facility in Sylvester, Ga., the FDA said.
Great Value peanut butter made by other manufacturers is not affected, the agency said.
ConAgra said it is recalling all Peter Pan and Great Value peanut butter beginning with product code 2111.
"Although none of our extensive product tests have indicated the presence of salmonella, we are taking this precautionary measure because consumer health and safety is out top priority,'' spokesman Chris Kircher said. ``We are working closely with the FDA to better understand its concerns, and we will take whatever additional measures are needed to ensure the safety, quality and wholesomeness of our products.''
The largest number of salmonella cases were reported in New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Tennessee and Missouri.
Salmonella infection is known each year to sicken about 40,000 people in the United States, according to the CDC. Salmonellosis, as the infection is known, kills about 600 people annually.
Symptoms of salmonella can include diarrhea, fever, dehydration, abdominal pain and vomiting.
The new outbreak began in August, but just two or fewer cases have been reported each day, CDC officials said.
It was only in the past few days that investigators were able to hone in on a particular food, Lynch said.
ConAgra is destroying all affected products the company still has, the FDA said.
The company will cease production until the exact cause of contamination can be identified and eliminated. Meanwhile, ConAgra advised consumers to destroy any Peter Pan and Great Value brand peanut butter beginning with product code 2111.
The FDA sent investigators to ConAgra's processing plant in Sylvester where the products were made to review records, collect product samples and conduct tests for salmonella.