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Salmonella contamination • The Food and Drug Administration is investigating an outbreak of salmonella infections, linked to Jif peanut buter products, produced at a J.M. Smucker Company facility in Lexington, Kentucky. Three additional products were named to the recall list on Tuesday.
Various Jif peanut butter items have been recalled due to concerns of salmonella contamination.
On Friday, May 20, J.M. Smucker Company recalled several items after 14 people became ill and two of those cases were hospitalized, according to the Centers for Disease Control. Since then, a total of 16 individuals have reported illness.
On May 31, the US Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service issued a health alert for ready-to-eat salad, packaged in 14.5-ounce plastic clamshell containers labeled "Super Asian Chicken Salad" with a best through date of May 16 to June 3.
Salad dressing in the container includes peanut butter that has been recalled.
The recalled peanut butter has been shipped around the nation from a manufacturing plant in Lexington, Kentucky. Products that have been recalled have lot codes 1274425 through 2140425. Another key indicator of recalled peanut butter is "425" in the place of the fifth through seventh digits of the lot numbers. Recalled peanut butter includes all kinds of Jif peanut butter, whether it be creamy, crunchy or natural.
Clearwater Market, Ewing Family Foods and TJ's Market have all been affected by the recall.
At Clearwater Market, customers are allowed to return the recalled peanut butter to the store since they must match what they have ordered.
Ewing Family Foods had 36 jars recalled. They advise customers throw it away immediately.
TJ's Market had 10 jars that were all immediately thrown away; however, if customers happened to purchase some recalled items at their store, they may return to get credit back. Customers who purchased their products from retail stores are advised to throw the items away or return to the store for a full refund.
On top of the peanut butter recall itself, several other items are getting recalled due to the link with Jif peanut butter, including certain Cargill snacks with peanut butter. Fresh Del Monte fruit and vegetable products, Jif To Go packs, Garden Cut LLC apple wedges and celery bites and Fudgeamental's fudge are more items among the list of recalled items linked to Jif peanut butter. Candy, trail mix and many other items are being recalled daily for being linked to the Jif brand.
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