Update On Peanut Butter: Kellogg Products Recalled

thank you jill. (4.00 / 3)

thank you for the update.
i'll send this info to my mailing list.

come firefly-dreaming with me....

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by: RiaD @ Thu Jan 15, 2009 at 02:30:08 AM UTC

great - I just realized I forgot (4.00 / 3)

to say that the products were the brands Keebler and Austin.

"I can understand someone from Iowa promoting corn and soy, but we are not feeding the world, we are feeding animals and soft drink companies." - Jim Goodman

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by: Jill Richardson @ Thu Jan 15, 2009 at 02:31:41 AM UTC

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keebler elves (4.00 / 2)

peddle salmonella??? OMG!
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tnx for that. i know my son eats keebler cookies. i'll call him!

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by: RiaD @ Thu Jan 15, 2009 at 02:36:07 AM UTC

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Peanut Butter Recall (4.00 / 3)

There will be likely expanded recalls as the days go on - mass production at its finest.  Here is what the manufacturer has said:

From a Press Release

Peanut Corporation of America (PCA), a peanut processing company and maker of peanut butter for bulk distribution to institutions, food service industries, and private label food companies, today announced a voluntary recall of peanut butter produced in its Blakely, Georgia processing facility because it has the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella.  All product affected was produced on or after July 1, 2008, specific to the lot numbers and descriptions listed below.

The peanut butter being recalled is sold by PCA in bulk packaging to distributors for institutional and food service industry use. It is also sold under the brand name Parnell's Pride to those same industries. Additionally, it is sold by the King Nut Company under the label King Nut. PCA customers who received the recalled product are being notified by telephone and in writing.

None of the peanut butter being recalled is sold directly to consumers through retail stores.

"We deeply regret that this has happened," said Stewart Parnell, owner and president of PCA. "Out of an abundance of caution, we are voluntarily withdrawing this product and contacting our customers.  We are taking these actions with the safety of our consumers as our first priority."

PCA initiated this recall after an open container of King Nut brand peanut butter in a long-term care facility in Minnesota was found to contain a strain of salmonella. King Nut brand peanut butter is produced by PCA.  The voluntary recall of 21 lots of its peanut butter, in containers ranging from five to 50 pounds, is being taken immediately.  Lot Numbers Affected:

8193, 8194, 8197, 8233, 8234, 8235, 8241, 8255, 8256, 8275, 8276, 8282, 8283, 8284, 8296, 8316, 8330, 8331, 8336, 8345, 8354

Stock Numbers Descriptions and Pack Size Affected:

551000 Creamy Stabilized Peanut Butter 6 ct / 5 lb
551006 Crunchy Stabilized Peanut Butter 6 ct / 5 lb
551020 Creamy Stabilized Peanut Butter 35 lb
551022 Natural Course Peanut Paste 35 lb
551025 Old Fashioned Creamy Peanut Butter with 1% Salt 35 lb
551035 Crunchy Natural Peanut Butter 35 lb
551040 Creamy Natural Peanut Butter 35 lb
551050 Creamy Stabilized Peanut Butter 50 lb
551050-D Dark Creamy Stabilized Peanut Butter 50 lb
551051 Creamy Stabilized Peanut Butter with Monodiglyceride 50 lb
551053 Crunchy Stabilized Peanut Butter 50 lb
551072 Peanut Butter Variegate 45 lb

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by: bmarler @ Thu Jan 15, 2009 at 02:33:56 AM UTC

Peanut Butter (4.00 / 4)

Thanks Jill for following this.  People should not die from eating peanut butter.  According to the Brainerd Dispatch and AP, health officials in Idaho and Minnesota are reporting two more deaths associated with a nationwide salmonella outbreak that has sickened more than 425 people in 43 states. That brings the total number of people who had salmonella when they died to five.

So, when is FDA, CDC, King Nut and Peanut Corporation of America going to respond?

1.     Make sure ALL product is promptly recalled;
2.     Do not destroy any documents;
3.     The companies should pay the medical bills and all related expenses of the innocent victims and their families;
4.     The companies should pay the cost of all related Health Department, CDC and FDA investigations;
5.     Provide all bacterial and viral testing of all recalled product and any other tested product (before and after recall);
6.     Release all inspection reports on the plants by any Governmental Entity or Third-party Auditor;
7.     Release all Salmonella safety precautions taken by either King Nut or Peanut Corporation of America - especially after the 2007 Salmonella Peanut Butter Outbreak;
8.     Provide the public with the Epidemiological investigation (with names redacted), so it is clear who knew what and when about the likely source of the outbreak; and,
9.     Show the public what is being done to prevent the next outbreak.

The families of five dead people are waiting.

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by: bmarler @ Thu Jan 15, 2009 at 02:35:44 AM UTC

excellent point (4.00 / 3)

people should NOT die from eating peanut butter. I saw your earlier post on this and promoted it to the front page of this site to gain more visibility.

"I can understand someone from Iowa promoting corn and soy, but we are not feeding the world, we are feeding animals and soft drink companies." - Jim Goodman

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by: Jill Richardson @ Thu Jan 15, 2009 at 02:40:22 AM UTC

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PB and Food Safety Generally (4.00 / 3)

Frustrated is how I feel - did you watch the Vilsack hearing?  Nearly zero mention of food safety.

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by: bmarler @ Thu Jan 15, 2009 at 03:04:37 AM UTC

was at work and unable to catch it (4.00 / 2)

I did see a statement about food safety by Harkin - just a quick statement about FSIS - not too much more or less than any other topic was addressed by him in the statement.

"I can understand someone from Iowa promoting corn and soy, but we are not feeding the world, we are feeding animals and soft drink companies." - Jim Goodman

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by: Jill Richardson @ Thu Jan 15, 2009 at 04:41:15 AM UTC

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You know, it's amazing... (4.00 / 2)

Going back and reading up on the history of processed foods in America, these companies (like Kellogg's, and etc...) were supposed to be, in so many words, 'taking the risk out of eating'.  It's obvious that that could never really be possible, as risk is unfortunately inherent in the very nature of many foods.

A great book covering the subject is Ann Vileisis' Kitchen Literacy...

But now it's very clear (as if it hasn't already been for many years...) that these same companies are the problem with our food system.

Will giant corporations like Kellogg and PCA suffer real consequences for the roles they've played in poisoning people?  And if not, then why not?

It's absolutely disgusting what these companies are allowed to get away with just by basically saying "Oops!".

If a small family farm in Anywhere, USA has to deal with the very real possibility that just one mistake will put them out of business forever; then why are massive companies like Tyson and Kellogg (etc, etc...) allowed to keep poisoning Americans as long as their profits keep up?

"The essence of the independent mind lies not in what it thinks, but in how it thinks." - Christopher Hitchens

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by: JayinPortland @ Thu Jan 15, 2009 at 04:28:19 AM UTC