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What Parents Have Learned from the Peanut Butter Salmonella Outbreak
In one sentence: Err on the side of caution – don’t buy a product with peanuts for the time being. If it hasn’t been recalled yet, it may be tomorrow.
As parents and slightly paranoid consumers, when someone tells us everything is fine, we worry. If that someone is an investment manager or the FDA, we worry A LOT.
While just 2 weeks ago consumers were assured that the PBS outbreak was limited, and that they need to watch out for only a few items, it now appears that almost any product containing peanuts in various forms is being recalled. This is partly due to new findings about the subpar sanitary conditions at the supplier manufacturing plant, which included mold, slime, pests, and rodents. Yikes!
Peanut Corporation of America expanded its recall to ALL products it manufactured at its plant in the past 2 years! The expanded recall includes dry roasted peanuts, oil roasted peanuts, granulated peanuts, peanut meal, peanut butter and peanut paste. The firm has supplied hundreds of manufacturers across the country, so the results of this recall have had and will continue to have a ripple effect.
Some previous recalls are being expanded by manufacturers to additional products, and more states. The recal list is growing, almost by the hour. The FDA has contacted over 350 manufacturers concerning possible contamination.
But knowing how underfunded and understaffed the FDA is, does not add confidence that the parents are receiving timely advice. Nor does the fact that recalls are voluntary, which means manufacturers have the last say, instead of the FDA mandating a recall on day one of the outbreak.
What to do at the supermarket:
If you spot someone walking into a supermarket with a list of the 500+ products being recalled in order to find one that isn’t, please let us know. Right now, parents are reading food labels carefully. May are avoiding anything with the word peanut in the ingredient list. Proceed with caution.
Here’s the Current Recall List:
74 Recalls, 500+ products as of Friday afternoon Jan 30.
- Chef Pierre – Chocolate Peanut Butter Silk Pie
- Simbree Energy Foods – Simbree Oat Almond Pistash, Simbree Almond Pistachio Energy Bites,Simbree Oat Bites with Peanuts, Almonds and Pistachios
- Arico Natural Foods Company – Arico Peanut Butter Cookies and Cookie Bars
- Galliker Dairy – Rocky Road Ice Cream and Sundae Nut Cones
- Rain Creek Baking Corporation – Peanut Butter Turtles, Peanut Butter Baskets and Peanut Butter Princesses
- Orchard Valley Harvest – Peanuts
- Country Maid – Classic Breaks Peanut Butter Cookie Dough
- Hy-Vee Inc. – Two Bakery Products with Peanuts
- Meijer – Meijer Bulk Dry Roasted Peanuts, Meijer Vanilla Sundae Cone w/ Peanuts, Meijer Vanilla Sundae Cone w/ Peanuts, Meijer Fudge Sundae Cone w/ Peanuts, Meijer Fudge Sundae Cone w/ Peanuts
- Fieldbrook Foods Corp. - Select Ice Cream Novelty Products
- Wells’ Dairy – Blue Bunny Products
- Wegmans Food Markets – Three Bakery Products with Peanuts
- Uncle Eddies Vegan Peanut Butter Chocolate-Chip Cookies
- Peanut Corporation of America Expands Nationwide Recall of Peanut Products (Bulk)
- H-E-B – H-E-Buddy Snack Packs With a Peanut Butter Dip
- Isagenix – Chocolate Dipped Honey Peanut IsaLean Bar
- Jenny Craig – Jenny’s Cuisine Anytime Peanut Butter Flavor Nutritional Bars
- Salix – Dog Treat
- Carolina Prime Pet – Dog Treats
- ALDI, Kellogg’s – Cambridge cheese crackers with peanut butter, Grandessa peanut butter cookies
- Creative Energy Foods - Nutrition Bars
- SOPAKCO, Inc. – SURE-PAK 12 Meals Containing Peanut Butter Products
- Falcon Trading Company/SunRidge Farms – Naturally Preferred Honey Nut Nuggets
- Falcon Trading Company/SunRidge Farms – SunRidge Tropical Golden Nugget, SunRidge Chocolate Energy Bar, SunRidge Energy Nuggets
- Trader Joe’s – Sliced Green Apples With All Natural Peanut Butter
- Supreme Protein – Supreme Protein® brand Peanut Butter Crunch Bars, Caramel Nut Bars
- ShopRite – Peanut Butter on Toasty Crackers, Peanut Butter and Cheese Cracker Snacks
- General Mills – LÄRABAR, JamFrakas Peanut Butter Snack Bars
- Whole Foods Market – “Carob Energee Nuggets”
- Amway Global – NUTRILITE Energy Bars
- Brent and Sam’s – Archer Farms Brand Cookies
- Brent and Sam’s – Sam’s Choice Brand Cookies
- Trader Joe’s – Trader Joe’s Peanut Butter Chewy Coated & Drizzled Granola Bars, Nutty Chocolate Chewy Coated & Drizzled Granola Bars, Sutter’s Formula Cookies
- Parker Products – Peanut Butter Products (bulk)
- Arbonne International – Figure 8 Peanut Butter Chews
- Jimmy’s Cookies – Peanut Butter Cookies
- Perry’s Ice Cream Company – 2 more Peanut Butter Ice Cream Products
- Kroger - Additional Select Ice Cream Product
- General Nutrition Centers – GNC Triflex Peanut Butter Soft Chews
- Chef Jay’s – Tri-O-Plex Products
- Rain Creek Baking Corp – Peanut Butter Turtles, Peanut Butter Baskets, Peanut Butter Princesses
- South Bend Chocolate Company – Extends Nationwide Recall of Candy
- Nash Finch – Bakery Products With Peanut Butter
- Aspen Hills, Inc. – Cookie Dough Products
- Best Brands Corp. – Peanut Butter Frozen Cookie Dough
- Lovin Oven, LLC – Health Valley Organic Peanut Crunch Chewy Granola Bars
- Landies Candies – Peanut Butter Filled Chocolates
- Weis Markets – Weis Quality (WQ) Cheese Peanut Butter Sandwich Crackers , WQ Toasted Peanut Butter Sandwich Crackers
- Blanton’s Candies – Peanut Butter Sticks
- Dinners Ready Meridian – Asian Marinated Flank Steak, Indonesian Chicken – Chicken Satay Prepared Meals
- Boca Grande Foods – POCO PAC, GRANDE GOURMET Peanut Butter Products
- Premier Nutrition – TWISTED and TITAN Branded Bars Containing Peanut Butter
- NutriSystem – Peanut Butter Granola Bar
- Ready Pac Foods – Trader Joe’s, Eating Right branded products
- PetSmart – Grreat Choice® Dog Biscuits
- Nature’s Path – Peanut Butter Optimum Energy Bars
- Country Maid – Classic Breaks® Peanut Butter Cookie Dough
- Evening Rise Bread Co. - Peanut Butter Cookies and Bars
- Clif Bar - CLIF® and LUNA® Branded Bars
- Kroger – Select Ice Cream Products
- Abbott Nutrition - ZonePerfect® Chocolate Peanut Butter Bars, ZonePerfect® Peanut Toffee Bars, NutriPals™ Peanut Butter Chocolate Bars
- Meijer – Peanut Butter Crackers, Ice Cream
- Peanut Corporation of America Expands Nationwide Recall of Peanut Butter
- Wal-Mart - Bakery Brand Peanut Butter Cookies
- Lofthouse – Peanut Butter Cookies, Chuck’s Chunky Peanut Butter Cookies, Pastries Plus Gourmet Cookies
- Food Lion – Bake Shop Peanut Butter Cookies
- South Bend Chocolate Company – Candies Containing Peanut Butter
- McKee Foods – Little Debbie® Peanut Butter Toasty, Peanut Butter Cheese Sandwich Crackers
- Perry’s Ice Cream – Select Peanut Butter Ice Cream Products
- Hy-Vee Inc. – Bakery Products With Peanut Butter
- Peanut Corporation of America Expands Nationwide Recall of Peanut Butter
- Kellogg Company – Austin® and Keebler® Branded Peanut Butter Sandwich Crackers, Snack-Size Packs of Famous Amos® And Keebler® Soft Batch Peanut Butter Cookies
- Peanut Corporation of America – Peanut Butter (bulk packages)
- King Nut – Peanut Butter (bulk packages)
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