Jars of Peter Pan PB with the code on the lid starting with 2111 have been spreading Salmonella! We had a jar of this ourselves 3/4 already eaten!!! :eek: Thank GOD we didn't get sick!!! My ex-husband had 3 jars with the same code! I'm not sure how far across the country this particular code has been distributed, but please check your pantries!!!
I had the Great Value PB with the code on it. I'm going to send back my lids for a refund. :)
OH MY GOSH! I have a jar of that too .... Sam's / Wal-Mart brand Great Value! Same code! Apparently made by same company, just labeled differently! THANK YOU for telling us this. I have to throw this one out too! Gosh, I think I will stay away from PB for a while. Is ANYTHING we buy safe anymore? :(Quote:
Originally Posted by gemini9961
Omg... I eat PB everyday! What brands does this effect? We have Skippy.
Jiffy is not included in the recall.
Here is what is posted on our local News website ... I had BOTH of these brands with the code and we had eaten out of BOTH jars! :eek:
ATLANTA (AP) -- A salmonella outbreak has prompted a recall of peanut butter.
The Food and Drug Administration said the outbreak began last summer and was just recently traced to peanut butter made at a single ConAgra plant in Sylvester, Ga.
The spread being recalled was sold under the Peter Pan and Great Value brands. The only jars affected have a product code beginning with the number "2111" on the lid.
It's believed to be the first salmonella outbreak associated with peanut butter in U.S. history.
Federal health officials said, since August, the outbreak has grown slowly to nearly 300 cases in 39 states. About 20 percent of those infected had to be hospitalized. All survived.
The largest number of cases were reported in New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Tennessee and Missouri.
Authorities still don't know how the salmonella got into the peanut butter.
The FDA said that Great Value peanut butter made by other
Thanks for posting that. We had a jar that falls into the recall, too. Thankfully, we also have a jar of Jif, so we're not "peanut-butter-less." Headed to throw the Peter Pan jar away...
Ours is really old because it's a 5 KG box... It doesn't have that code either... so it's probably fine <phew>
Lovely...that plant is very close to here...
I am so glad you posted this. I heard it on the news but since I don't buy many name brands, I did not think much of it. But, I looked in my cupboard when I got Kim's email and sure enough, I did have a HUGE jar of Great Value that I bought at WalMart. It has the 2111 code on top and it is over half eaten :eek: I fix it often for Misha when she is here so have emailed my kids.
I appreciate the warning!! I get some of my best info from here on PT :D
from ConAgra website
If consumers have this product, they should discard it, but save the product lid. For a full refund, consumers must return the Peter Pan Peanut Butter or Great Value Peanut Butter product lid along with their name and mailing address to ConAgra Foods, P.O. Box 3768, Omaha, NE 68103
Some good comes of the fact I have never eaten peanut butter!
What's next? :rolleyes: :(
We have 1 half eaten jar and 3 unopened jars of Peter Pan in our cupboard/ The only persons in this house who have eaten it is my dad and the dogs. I rarely/never eat peanut butter. No one's gotten sick though, thankfully!
I found a recall one. Thank god I did because my 3 yr old eats peanut butter everyday!!!!!
My dad called me before school this morning to tell me to check our Peanut Butter. We have Jiff, so I'm sure we're good. =]
Though a friend of mine had the Peter Pan kind, with the number on it. She said she hadn't ate any of it, but her dad had. I'm just glad no one I know has gotten sick from it!
With this little outbreak, and the ecoli(or was it salmonella?) outbreak with the lettuce and stuff awhile back, it almost makes you afraid to buy from the market!
Thank you for the address, Deb! I did save just my lids! ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by sirrahbed