RoughCollie Posted October 6, 2012 Share Posted October 6, 2012 (edited) http://www.fda.gov/Food/FoodSafety/CORENetwork/ucm320413.htm Above the list of recalled products is another list of products that are going to be recalled. My kids eat a lot of peanut butter, but not the recalled brands, thank heavens. Edited October 6, 2012 by RoughCollie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wildiris Posted October 6, 2012 Share Posted October 6, 2012 Thanks for the PSA. I found a jar of recalled PB on my shelf :001_huh:. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A.Balaban Posted October 6, 2012 Share Posted October 6, 2012 Nope. None of it on my shelves. Thanks for the heads up though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stripe Posted October 6, 2012 Share Posted October 6, 2012 Thank you -- I checked it out and the Trader Joe's almond butter I just bought is on the list! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kathryn Posted October 6, 2012 Share Posted October 6, 2012 Phew, we're safe! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stripe Posted October 6, 2012 Share Posted October 6, 2012 Phew, we're safe! One is never really safe. Can you imagine, they are recalling peanut butter with sell by dates in 2011? yuck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joannqn Posted October 6, 2012 Share Posted October 6, 2012 We had a practically empty jar of Open Nature peanut butter that was on the recall list. Apparently, it was ok. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaffodilDreams Posted October 6, 2012 Share Posted October 6, 2012 Whew! We currently have 5 different brands of peanut butter in our pantry, but none of them are on this list! Thanks for the update, RC! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liz CA Posted October 6, 2012 Share Posted October 6, 2012 Thank you -- I checked it out and the Trader Joe's almond butter I just bought is on the list! Can you take it to the store and ask for a refund? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hen Posted October 6, 2012 Share Posted October 6, 2012 whew! I'm watching what I eat, and I adore natural pb on celery for a snack. I get the maranatha brand, luckily not on the list. anyone know if pb in dog treats are affected? will it be tracked? My dog has quite a few allergies, we tend to get her mostly low ingredient pb treats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Night Elf Posted October 6, 2012 Share Posted October 6, 2012 They list "Creamy Peanut Butter". Is that a brand? I thought it was only a type. I buy Jif creamy, but Jif isn't on the list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MelAR05 Posted October 6, 2012 Share Posted October 6, 2012 Thank you -- I checked it out and the Trader Joe's almond butter I just bought is on the list! I bought 4 jars of this in August traveling through a city that has a TJ. The closest one is 4 1/2hours away. :tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quad Shot Academy Posted October 6, 2012 Share Posted October 6, 2012 This is the first time we have ever eaten recalled PB. I always keep a few jars in the basement pantry and rotate through so that if there is a recall we won't have eaten it. This time I ran out and even had the thought of waiting, but then thought that since Costco has never had a recall on PB, I would be safe . . . :banghead: Thankfully even the baby does not appear to have gotten sick. Hubby ate it even knowing it was recalled :ack2: and is still okay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4kidlets4me Posted October 6, 2012 Share Posted October 6, 2012 I've got a half eaten jar of Open Nature and no one has gotten sick. Should I throw it out? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stripe Posted October 6, 2012 Share Posted October 6, 2012 (edited) Can you take it to the store and ask for a refund? Of course I can. It will just be a waste of 45+ minutes of my time. The TJ's is not super close to my house and I just went there, and wasn't planning to go again soon. I've got a half eaten jar of Open Nature and no one has gotten sick. Should I throw it out? Take it back for a refund. I bought 4 jars of this in August traveling through a city that has a TJ. The closest one is 4 1/2hours away. :tongue_smilie: Poor you. I love the recall info that says "dispose of it or bring it back," as if most people can afford to just throw stuff away with no recourse to the company that is poisoning consumers. That almond butter is expensive! Edited October 6, 2012 by stripe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wheres Toto Posted October 6, 2012 Share Posted October 6, 2012 It looks like most of the recalled items are natural or organic products. We eat plain old crappy Skippy. Ds eats peanut butter on a daily basis so I'm glad what we have wasn't affected. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justamouse Posted October 6, 2012 Share Posted October 6, 2012 We are really bummed about this, we LOVE PB! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stripe Posted October 6, 2012 Share Posted October 6, 2012 It looks like most of the recalled items are natural or organic products. We eat plain old crappy Skippy. Ds eats peanut butter on a daily basis so I'm glad what we have wasn't affected. Peter Pan was recalled in 2007 for salmonella. There was another peanut butter scandal in 2009. Skippy was recalled in 2011. Looks like it's not a problem the pb industry has figured out. Each has been a different particular plant. Yuck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SunnyDays Posted October 6, 2012 Share Posted October 6, 2012 Thanks for the heads up. I was concerned because we do buy a fair amount of Archer Farms products, but we have only Jif on the shelves right now. Good grief, seems like nothing is safe anymore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenniferlee Posted October 6, 2012 Share Posted October 6, 2012 Thanks, my arrowhead mills organic tahini was on the list! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laundrycrisis Posted October 6, 2012 Share Posted October 6, 2012 Thank you. I had some tahini that was on the list. I put the recall site up on Facebook. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
posybuddy Posted October 6, 2012 Share Posted October 6, 2012 We had a practically empty jar of Open Nature peanut butter that was on the recall list. Apparently, it was ok. Yeah... I just looked at our mostly-gone 40 oz. jar of Kirkland PB in the fridge and thought, *shrug*. We've been eating it for weeks, so I'm pretty sure we're all clear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoughCollie Posted October 7, 2012 Author Share Posted October 7, 2012 Bacteria are present in pockets of peanut butter in a given batch. Therefore, even if you ate most of a jar, that doesn't mean the rest is safe to eat. There could be a pocket of bacteria in there. I am too tired to research this again to find links. Don't finish any product that has been recalled, no matter how safe you think it is. If you are wrong, you will be sorry. Better safe than sorry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QuirkyKapers Posted October 7, 2012 Share Posted October 7, 2012 We have an almost gone Kirkland PB from the recall list. My dh just had some this morning. We haven't had a problem so far. I told him to throw it away. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tap Posted October 7, 2012 Share Posted October 7, 2012 We have the Kirkland peanut butter in the kitchen right now and almost always do. Has anyone seen if there is a list of lot numbers affected? It isn't on the Costco website yet. We had an open jar for a couple of months and just opened a new jar. In the past 6 weeks, each of us has had a '24 hour bug' with nausea/vomiting, fever, and cramping, but no diarrhea. No one was sick at the same time, and it all seemed kind of random. It makes me wonder if we just had a random bug or if this was the cause. DD13 rarely eats peanut butter, but ate it in the days before she got sick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
butterflymommy Posted October 7, 2012 Share Posted October 7, 2012 I remember one PB recall where it was discovered the processor had taken the contaminated tanks of PB (which were already in transit) and just pasteurized them a second time after salmonella was found... then put it in jars. I buy natural PB off the shelf but I always wonder where it's been and how it got there. I sometimes make my own but it's not cost effective (unless there's some secret, ultra cheap way to obtain peanuts I have yet to discover). It's cheaper to buy it already processed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HollyDay Posted October 7, 2012 Share Posted October 7, 2012 I'm convinced now. I need to make my own peanut butter again. I used to make it all the time, but stopped for some reason. Time to get back into the swing of it again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stripe Posted October 7, 2012 Share Posted October 7, 2012 Bacteria are present in pockets of peanut butter in a given batch. Therefore, even if you ate most of a jar, that doesn't mean the rest is safe to eat. There could be a pocket of bacteria in there. Gross! My husband told me he wants to "go back" to making our own peanut butter. I did it ONCE with my kids as an experiment. I do not want to do it again. It took forever and I had to add like 2 c of oil to the 1/2 c of peanuts to get it to blend. Jam is looking way more appealing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arcadia Posted October 7, 2012 Share Posted October 7, 2012 I bought 4 jars of this in August traveling through a city that has a TJ. The closest one is 4 1/2hours away. :tongue_smilie: I love the recall info that says "dispose of it or bring it back," as if most people can afford to just throw stuff away with no recourse to the company that is poisoning consumers. That almond butter is expensive! How about using the almond butter to bake cookies? The baking temperature should kill the salmonella. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stripe Posted October 7, 2012 Share Posted October 7, 2012 How about using the almond butter to bake cookies? The baking temperature should kill the salmonella. No thanks. I want it on toast and paid $5 or whatever for it. It is in my town, I just don't go there often. I don't want to eat contaminated food. I just wish the process for dealing with nasty food was better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quad Shot Academy Posted October 7, 2012 Share Posted October 7, 2012 Has anyone seen if there is a list of lot numbers affected? It isn't on the Costco website yet. Costco sent me a letter in the mail saying they knew I bought the product and giving the exact lot numbers. I already threw it away though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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