peanut butter?

Question

Did evrey one hear about the peter pan peanut butter that got a recall because it had salmonella in it??

Answer 1

yes how scary is that? first e.coli now this? what else is gonna make people sick that is supposed to be safe or atleast that we think will be? good thing i buy jif thats all i can say about that!

jif rocks!!!!!!!!!

Answer 2

Peanut butter plant probed in salmonella outbreak
POSTED: 6:35 p.m. EST, February 16, 2007
Story Highlights• NEW: Peanut butter plant inspected to try to find salmonella source
• NEW: Some victims' peanut butter jars being tested; results not expected for days
• NEW: First lawsuits filed, in multiple states
• No salmonella detected in previous tests at plant, Conagra says

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SYLVESTER, Georgia (AP) -- Government and company scientists went through one of the nation's largest peanut butter plants Friday, trying to figure out how salmonella got into batches of the spread.

Out of the scientists' way, about 40 workers did maintenance work at the ConAgra Foods plant, spokesman Chris Kircher said. But no jars of peanut butter rolled off the lines at the shuttered plant.

The plant has been shut down since Wednesday, when federal health officials linked its peanut butter -- Peter Pan brand and certain batches of Wal-Mart's Great Value house brand -- to a salmonella outbreak that has sickened almost 300 people nationwide since August. No deaths have been reported.

The plant employs about 100 people, and other than the local hospital, it is the largest employer in Sylvester, a town of about 5,900 people in south Georgia's peanut country.

All workers are getting paid during the shutdown, Kircher said.

"We're working alongside the FDA to investigate this matter and take whatever measures are necessary to get that plant up and running," Kircher said.

Lois Warren, a cashier at Ed's Truck Stop, a lunchtime gathering place for area farmers a few miles west of town, said there's been "some talk" about the salmonella outbreak, but that isn't stopping people from ordering peanut butter and jelly sandwiches off the menu.

"You can still get a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, but it isn't Peter Pan," Warren said.

It was unclear how the dangerous germ that commonly originates from the feces of birds and animals got into the peanut butter.

Government and industry officials said the contamination may have been caused by dirty jars or equipment. Peanuts are usually heated to high, germ-killing temperatures during the manufacturing process. The only known salmonella outbreak in peanut butter -- in Australia during the mid-1990s -- was blamed on unsanitary plant conditions.

ConAgra says none of its previous routine testing of plant equipment and peanut butter has tested positive for salmonella. The Food and Drug Administration last inspected the plant in February 2005 and found no problems, agency spokesman Michael Herndon said.

At least some the salmonella victims' peanut butter jars are being tested, but the results are not expected for days.

The Omaha, Nebraska-based food giant said Friday that it still had not determined yet how many jars are affected by the recall. The plant is the sole maker of the nationally distributed Peter Pan brand, and the recall covers all peanut butter produced by the plant since May 2006.

Shoppers are being asked to toss out jars having a product code on the lid beginning with "2111," which denotes the plant. ConAgra said they can return their lids or full jars of peanut butter to the store where they bought them for a refund.

Salmonella sickens about 40,000 people a year in the U.S. and kills about 600. It can cause diarrhea, fever, dehydration, abdominal pain and vomiting.

Answer 3

Yes it's also a Walmart brand of PB. Look for code 2111.
And always remember Choosey moms choose Jif.

Answer 4

Picky people, pick peter pan peanut butter .It's the peanut butter picky people pick.

Answer 5

yea, I heard about. I got really scared because I use peter pan but it has to be this specific code like 21111 or something but luckily it wasn't

Answer 6

yeah, theres a recall on it. as well as great value peanut butter

Answer 7

yikes. what next. I think that we are all going to have to learn how to make and grow our own food. my aunt worked in a pickle factory and lets just say I'LL NEVER EAT THEM AGAIN! snakes and mice from the cucumber field end up in the pickle brine. They skim them off when they float to the top ....they are bleached white. yuck.

Answer 8

Yes and low and behold i had a jar of it..code on it is 2111 mail the lid back to get refund

Answer 9

Choosy moms choose Jiff.

Answer 10

eww no, But i dont like peanut butter anyways