More Peanut Butter Salmonella Recalls

on January 20, 2009 at 10:00 AM

peanut butter salmonella Maybe don't eat that peanut butter. Not that you would anyway after the constant news about peanut butter and salmonella food poisoning.

Now Little Debbie's are getting pulled. The Great Peanut Butter Salmonella Scare of 2009 is getting serious.

All kidding aside, hundreds of people have been sick, and at least five have died. On Sunday and Monday, the FDA recommended that we stop eating all PB served in schools (aren't most school already peanut-free?), hospitals and nursing homes.

Meanwhile, the list of recalled snacks keeps growing.

First, we had to stop eating Parnell's Pride and King Nut brands. Then Kellogg pulled their Austin and Keebler crackers and cookies. Here is an updated list of peanut buttery goods that are being pulled from shelves, according to AboutLawsuits. If you have them at home, do not eat them:

Austin Peanut Butter Crackers
Keebler Peanut Butter Crackers
Famous Amos Peanut butter Cookies
Keebler Peanut Butter Cookies
Perry’s Peanut Butter Ice Cream and Frozen Yogurt
Shurfine Peanut Butter Cup Ice Cream
Wegmans Peanut Butter Ice Cream
Little Debbie Peanut Butter Crackers
South Bend Chocolate and Fudge with Peanut Butter
Food Lion Peanut Butter Cookies
Lofthouse Peanut Butter Cookies
Chuck’s Chunky Peanut Butter Cookies
Pastries Plus Gourmet Cookies
Wal-Mart Peanut Butter Cookies

Update: Just to be clear, according to the FDA's website: Major national brands of jarred peanut butter are not affected by the recall.

But still, more bad news about peanut butter upsets me and my kids. We just finished the last jar that we weren't afraid to eat. At this point, it doesn't matter that we're nuts about nuts. We're not eating the stuff until we know more. What about you?

Filed Under: illness, in the news, nutrition, products

ABMTEAM

on Jan 20, 2009 at 10:21 AM

So far, it's just peanut butter paste type foods right? I thought they were saying that our home jars of peanut butter should be fine. We eat natural peanut butter with nothing added but some salt. I was feeling ok about it.

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peppermintmocha

There was an article in the Minneapolis newspaper saying that they found the salmonella in the crackers.

on Jan 20, 2009 at 10:23 AM

And the peanut butter was bulk stuff that was used to make peanut butter products, not the peanut butter you buy for yourself at the store. I bought a jar of peanut butter just days before the recall and had two pb and j sandwiches last night. If jarred peanut butter was a problem, all stores would have it pulled from the shelf.

TawnyR

on Jan 20, 2009 at 10:27 AM

DH read the article about it on MSNBC and they said that the stuff in the jar appears to be unaffected. We have a few jars before we need to buy more so we will eat that. I just hope this gets figured out soon. Peanut butter is a staple at our house. The article said to avoid purchasing anything with peanuts or peanut butter in it.

livewell

on Jan 20, 2009 at 11:49 AM

Gosh, I was just about to go get some peanutty snacks tonight, because I am craving them! I just LOVE the cafe! Thanks for the warning (we have no TV, so here is where I keep in touch with all this kind of stuff)

dbap

on Jan 22, 2009 at 6:56 PM

i've found a very comprehensive list of recalled products - follow the below link - it lists products that have been recalled but are missing from the FDA's list of recalled products - not only that but it also has a list of cleared products - I would highly recommend to any concerned mum that they check this out..

http://blog.foodessentials.com/uncategorized/product-recall-list/

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