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JIF peanut butter recalls products over salmonella scare
The recalled products include creamy and crunchy peanut butter, butter-to-go packs and the natural squeeze pouch.
May 27, 2022 2:54pm
Updated: May 27, 2022 6:34pm
Peanut butter giant Jif is recalling around four dozen of its products, including candies and other food products made with the peanut butter, due to a possible salmonella contamination, the J. M. Smucker Co. announced.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 14 people in 12 states have reported getting salmonella outbreaks from the peanut butter. Five of the patients reported getting the disease from eating the peanut butter, while four others got it from other Jiff peanut butter products.
“Our teams are coordinating a thorough investigation into this matter in collaboration with the FDA to determine appropriate steps,” the company said on its website.
“Again, we apologize for the concern this will create. Please know our number one priority is to deliver safe, quality products to our consumers. When there is any potential issue, we act swiftly, as we have in this instance,” it continues.
The recalled products include creamy and crunchy peanut butter, butter-to-go packs and the natural squeeze pouch. They were distributed nationwide.
The products can be identified by verifying their lot codes, which are next to the “best if used by” date. The lots being recalled include codes 1274425 through 2140425. If consumers have products with the previous description, they should dispose of them immediately, said the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
Jif peanut butter recalls products over a possible salmonella contamination. Salmonella can be a serious disease that can provoke complications in young children, the elderly, or people with a weakened immune system.
“Healthy persons infected with Salmonella often experience fever, diarrhea (which may be bloody), nausea, vomiting, and abdominal pain. In rare circumstances, infection with Salmonella can result in the organism getting into the bloodstream and producing more severe illnesses such as arterial infections (i.e., infected aneurysms), endocarditis and arthritis,” the company said in a statement.
