The J.M. Smucker Company Announces a Limited Voluntary Recall on Two Specific Best-If-Used-By Dates of 16 oz. Smucker’s® Natural Peanut Butter Chunky Due to Possible Health Risk
The J.M. Smucker Company today announced a limited voluntary recall on two specific Best-If-Used-By dates of 16 oz. Smucker’s® Natural Peanut Butter Chunky because it may be contaminated with Salmonella, an organism that can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems.
This product was distributed in: Arkansas, Colorado, Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Texas, Virginia, Wisconsin, and the District of Columbia. The affected product, which is packaged in 16 oz. jars, is as follows: UPC: 5150001701 (located on the side of the jar's label below the bar code) Production Codes: 1307004 and 1308004 Best-If-Used-By dates: August 3, 2012 and August 4, 2012 Chunky product only (not creamy) Impacted product would have been purchased between November 8 - 17, 2011
No other products of The J.M. Smucker Company are affected by this recall. No illnesses related to this issue have been reported and the product is being recalled out of an abundance of caution for consumer safety. The recall was initiated as the result of a routine sampling program by the company, which revealed that these finished products may contain the bacteria.
Source: FDA
This product was distributed in: Arkansas, Colorado, Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Texas, Virginia, Wisconsin, and the District of Columbia. The affected product, which is packaged in 16 oz. jars, is as follows: UPC: 5150001701 (located on the side of the jar's label below the bar code) Production Codes: 1307004 and 1308004 Best-If-Used-By dates: August 3, 2012 and August 4, 2012 Chunky product only (not creamy) Impacted product would have been purchased between November 8 - 17, 2011
No other products of The J.M. Smucker Company are affected by this recall. No illnesses related to this issue have been reported and the product is being recalled out of an abundance of caution for consumer safety. The recall was initiated as the result of a routine sampling program by the company, which revealed that these finished products may contain the bacteria.
Source: FDA
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