Salmonella in peanut butter

Kevin · February 19, 2007, 05:38:24 PM

A store in Michigan was told the peanut butter they were selling could contain Salmonella and they should get rid of it.
They decided to comply.
They put it on sale! :-\

Jeff · February 19, 2007, 05:39:08 PM

Which one?

Radar67 · February 19, 2007, 05:41:03 PM

Peter Pan and Great Value are the peanut butter affected the number on the lid will start with 2111 if it is the affected lot.

Stew

Also, supposedly if you save the lid, you can get your money back from the manufacturer.

Tom · February 19, 2007, 05:44:48 PM

I don't know about Michigan, but the two jars sitting on my kitchen island are new and were purchased 2 for 1. We must have had the same mandate her in Florida. :D

Kevin · February 19, 2007, 05:46:33 PM

Quote from: Jeff B on February 19, 2007, 05:39:08 PM
Which one?

Which store or which peanut butter?

Jeff · February 19, 2007, 05:50:06 PM

Which store. We have a whole thread about peanut butter running in "another part of the forum".

SwampDonkey · February 19, 2007, 05:50:20 PM

Must not have been pasturized well, eh? I buy President's Choice Blue Menu Peanut butter. It's the old fashion peanut butter that has the peanut oil left in it. There are other similar brands. But this type of peanut butter isn't suppose to be left on the shelf because there are no additives to preserve it. It's still the kind of peanut butter I prefer if I have a choice.

Tom · February 19, 2007, 05:52:14 PM

Kevin,
You might also ask, "Which Michigan?". :D

Kevin · February 19, 2007, 05:52:28 PM

http://search.detnews.com/sp?aff=100&keywords=+peanut+butter&submit=Go

Can't recall, it was on Detroit News yesterday at this time, Local 4, I think it's called.

Texas Ranger · February 19, 2007, 05:53:56 PM

Aint nuthing sacred any more. :'(

Kevin · February 19, 2007, 06:00:03 PM

http://www.clickondetroit.com/video/11038206/index.html

Jeff · February 19, 2007, 06:09:18 PM

Thats not Michigan, ThaTS dETROIT!

Kevin · February 19, 2007, 06:17:05 PM

s o r r y , I'll move myself to the "what's wrong with me" thread. ;D

rewimmer · February 19, 2007, 06:17:55 PM

I have a condition that arose from the Salmonella, called Riter's Syndrome. It came from the 2111 peanut butter. We bought 2 containers in December and made candy out of the first jar. A couple weeks ago we ate about a 1/3 of the second jar. I have been to the veterans Hospital three times for treatment and still have some of the symptoms. It attacked my urinary track and I have all the other side effects. I could not begin to describe the pain. You people please through that stuff away. We also plan to check my legal options. You may do a Google on Salmonella and Riter's.
Good link:
http://www.about-salmonella.com/page3.htm
We purchased the peanut butter at the Kroger store in Salem Virginia.
Robert in Virginia

Gary_C · February 19, 2007, 06:32:24 PM

Kevin

Come on over. We will give you better treatment than you are getting here. ;D

From the other crusty old guy.

fat olde elf · February 19, 2007, 09:20:07 PM

How many crusty old guys do we have on the Forum ? I heard about the recall on peanut butter, went to the pantry, and sure enough 2111 was on the jar of Peter Pan. I had already eaten quite a bit and no ill effects.... Called Food Lion and they gave me a complete refund.... The manufacturer said to mail the lid in for a refund...
that would have been 78 cents ! Now I'm eating Jif.. Is nothing sacred ?

PineNut · February 19, 2007, 10:35:59 PM

Have heard of a lot about and we have some of the possibly contaminated peanut butter. Manufactures and processors will skimp on anything they think they can get away with. And in many cases they do get away with it. But here their shortcutting ways have come back to bite them. That is about the only thing that will make them get their act together.

DanG · February 19, 2007, 10:49:47 PM

From what I hear, the CDC has been trying to track this down since last August. I'm pretty confident that the culprit jars of PB are pretty much gone by now. If I understand correctly, the 2111 code just indicates what plant the product came from. That is a huge plant that has produced millions of jars of peanut butter since August, so if it was all contaminated, there would be many, many more cases of poisoning. Since there have only been 300 or so cases, I will conclude that it was just an isolated incident, finish off the jar I already have, and go buy some more.

Dana · February 20, 2007, 06:50:33 AM

We have a jar of the recalled product. It is 90% finished off with no one getting sick. A few days before the recall one of the kids was eating the stuff by the tablespoon for a snack. Maybe we just have iron stomachs.
Last Saturday the shelves at the Petoskey Wallmart were empty of the two recalled brands. It would seem a lot of us here in this area should be sick. ;)

Tom · February 20, 2007, 01:58:47 PM

It's got nothing to do with salmonella, but, now that we know the two brands are identical, other than label, which costs the most? :P

DanG · February 20, 2007, 02:02:43 PM

How many jars do ya think have been sold and consumed in the State of Florida? A bunch! So far, 1 person has gotten sick, and they can't say for sure it was from peanut butter. I personally use a 28oz jar in about 2 weeks, so I guess I've eaten about a dozen jars since August.

This whole thing is about as overblown as Anna Nicole Smith!

Dat's right, Tom! It ain't made in China, either. 8) :D :D :D

SwampDonkey · February 20, 2007, 02:05:59 PM

Well, you guys know how the media like to sensationalize stuff. ;)

Engineer · February 20, 2007, 02:55:21 PM

Switch to Vegemite. Better for ya. :D

Dana · February 21, 2007, 06:42:05 AM

Great Value is the Wal-Mart "house" label. At least that is the only place I have seen it.
It wouldn't surprise me if they buy from all the p.b. makers and relable to their brand. That is why the lot number is needed.

brdmkr · February 21, 2007, 11:45:18 AM

About the best thing that came of this for me was finding that Great Value + Peter Pan. My wife would only buy PP, now she knows to save the money and buy the Wal-Mart brand. Should save us about....... a buck a year!

Ron Wenrich · February 21, 2007, 05:37:11 PM

Usually, when a company produces a product for another company, its not as good as their brand.

For peanut butter, they take peanuts and add some sort of hydrogenated vegetable oil to it. For lesser brands, they will put more oil in it and less peanuts.

I used to think that all chocolate syrups were the same. Look at the shelves in the store and only Hershey makes syrup. But, they water the others down.

Bottom line is you get what you pay for.