Hang on. Before you throw out all your jarred pb, read what the FDA has said.
Two similar quotes from head of FDA food safety:
"As of now, there is no indication that the major national name-brand jars of peanut butter sold in retails stores are linked to the recall," Sundlof told reporters in a conference call."
"most peanut butter sold in jars at supermarkets appears to be safe, said Stephen Sundlof, head of the Food and Drug Administration's food safety center."
According to the FDA's site, the peanut butters being recalled are produced by one company (PCA) that distributes to others that sell to institutions (elderly facilities, schools, etc.). As of right now store-bought jars are not included.
"the FDA has traced one likely source of Salmonella Typhimurium contamination to a plant owned by Peanut Corporation of America (PCA),"
However, the company also makes a peanut paste which IS distributed to food manufacturers, thus Keebler is recalling various pb crackers and as of yesterday added their pb Soft Batch cookies and pb Famous Amos, Hy-Vee is pulling pb cookies and Perry (which also includes Wegmans) is recalling pb ice cream and a frozen yogurt. The FDA site mentions cereals and cakes, but I didn't see any specifics about brands. Not sure if they were talking institutional there.
So, to be safe the FDA is saying to avoid all peanut butter containing products. What I get from that is since this company only sells the paste form to food manufacturers, the jarred brands of pb are not in question like Sundlof said. I hate to see people chuck precious jars of pb (my most favorite food on the planet!!) for naught.
--Jen
FDA links:
Main:
http://www.fda.gov/oc/opacom/hottopics/salmonellatyph.html#recalls
Keebler:
http://www.fda.gov/oc/po/firmrecalls/kellogg201_09.html
Hy-Vee:
http://www.fda.gov/oc/po/firmrecalls/hyvee01_09.html
Perry's Ice Creams:
http://www.fda.gov/oc/po/firmrecalls/perry01_09.html
Finally, here's a story on Yahoo! from today:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090118/ap_on_re_us/salmonella_outbreak
