Have you recently purchased peanut butter or other nut or nut butter products from Target, Trader Joe’s, Whole Foods, Stop & Shop or Giant Foods? Products sold at these stores, among others are under a recall for tainted food that may contain salmonella.
Products such as Trader Joe’s Creamy Salted Valencia Peanut Butter and Archer Farms Peanut Butter are among others that have been linked to salmonella illnesses. They are all made by a company called Sunland Inc. The recall has now expanded from peanut butter to include cashew butters, tahini and blanched and roasted peanut products.
The federal Center for Disease Control and Prevention says there are now 30 illnesses in 19 states that have been affected by the tainted peanut butter. All of the illnesses have been linked specifically to the Trader Joe’s peanut butter, but Sunland is voluntarily recalling other products that were produced on the same equipment. Some stores used ingredients from Sunland that they then prepared into other products or repacked themselves.
More than 100 products have been recalled from Sunland with additional products that used their ingredients being recalled by retailers. These include peanut butter sandwich crackers, peanut butter cookies, brownies and more. Some of the companies include Newman’s Own, Late July, Harry & David and generic store brands.
Salmonella can cause illness anywhere from 12 to 72 hours after infection. Symptoms include diarrhea, fever and abdominal cramps. It can be highly dangerous to children, the elderly and those with compromised immune systems. Most of those affected were children aged ten and younger. No deaths from the tainted products have been reported so far.
You can check the FDA’s full list of the recalled products. If you currently have any of these products, return them to the store or dispose of them safely.
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