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Sunland Inc., of Portales, N.M., which makes Trader Joe's peanut butter linked to a salmonella outbreak, has recalled dozens more products.
The maker of Trader Joe’s peanut butter tied to a multi-state salmonella outbreak has pulled dozens of additional peanut and almond products because of possible contamination.
Sunland Inc. of Portales, N.M., has voluntarily recalled 76 different products, including three brands of Trader Joe’s peanut butter, according to a press release issued Monday. Those products were manufactured on the same line as the Trader Joe's products.
U.S. health officials on Saturday warned consumers not to eat Trader Joe’s Valencia Creamy Salted Peanut Butter after the product was linked to 29 infections in 18 states linked to the rare salmonella Bredeney.
UPDATE: Thirty people in 19 states have now been confirned to be infected with the outbreak strain of salmonella Bredeney, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention officials said Tuesday.
The other two Trader Joe’s brands that have been recalled include Trader Joe’s Valencia Peanut Butter with Roasted Flaxseeds, Crunchy and Salted and Trader Joe’s Almond Butter with Roasted Flaxseeds, Crunchy and Salted.
In addition, Sunland is recalling peanut and almond products sold under popular brands including Archer’s, Earth Balance, Fresh & Easy, Heinen’s, Natural Value, Naturally More, Open Nature, Serious Food, Silly Prices, Sprout's and Sprouts Farmers Market, among others. The recall applied to products with best-by dates between May 1, 2013 and Sept. 24, 2013.
For a full list of recalled products, click here.
The peanut and almond products were manufactured between May 1 and Sept. 24, said Katalin Coburn, Sunland’s vice president for media relations.
Infections were reported between June 11 and Sept. 2, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Four people have been hospitalized. The median age of the victims is 7, and three-quarters of those sickened have been under age 18.
States where infections have been reported include Arizona, California, Connecticut, Illinois, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New York, New Jersey, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Texas, Virginia and Washington state.
Coburn said the company was conducting the recall even though their own tests had detected no positive results for salmonella Bredeney, which she called “a particularly cunning strain.” The production line in question can make about 6,000 tons of nut products in an hour, she added.
In fact, salmonella Bredeney didn’t make the top 20 list of the most frequently reported serotypes confirmed by the CDC in 2009.
“It’s very difficult to detect,” Coburn said, adding that pulling so many products was “possibly an overkill step.”
The Food and Drug Administration said it was especially important that young children, the elderly and those with weak immune systems avoid eating the potentially contaminated peanut or almond products.
Symptoms of salmonella infection include diarrhea, fever and abdominal cramping within 12 to 72 hours of infection. Illness may last four to seven days and most people recover without treatment. However, some people may develop a more serious illness that requires hospitalization.
Health officials recommended that consumers discard the nut products. Trader Joe’s invited shoppers to return the products for full refunds.
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Nothing a little less regulation can't handle. Let the free market kill off all the unworthy people who can't handle salmonella... MIRITE?!
Who, besides an idiot fad follower, would purchase a food product with such a "side of the road" sounding name? Likely the same people who fall for catchy names like the "Sunny D" sugar water posing as orange juice. Americans have become really stupid, thus the teabagger morons in Congress.
This is about peanut butter not politics. I think you need a hobby.
@Mark - yeah, because "Peanut Butter" sounds so "side of the road." Perhaps they should call it "Peanut Jam" or "Creme de la Peanut" so it sounds more upscale for you.
Rich, I think Mark was referring to the "Trader Joe's" name. It does sound very side of the road.
Go USA, everything is about politics while our economy is being held hostage by right wing ideologues bent on deregulation and hand-outs for the super rich at the expense of everyone else.
@onemanvolt - yeah, I know, but as he didn't specify I was having a little fun. Besides, I like Trader Joes. Their dry goods and frozen foods are generally cheaper than at other stores as long as you don't care about brand names.
Regarding Mark Bohannon > I know we're not supposed to feed trolls but maybe we could offer this one some tasty peanut butter?
Sounds like Mark's scorn of fad followers and teabaggers has hit home with some.
Another case proving that self-regulation or deregulation does not work. Greed always gets in the way as companies try and cut expenses so they can make a bit more profit. Who suffers are the consumer and for some it could cost them their lives. The old adage of 'let the buyer beware' could be fatal in the food industry. Regulate and document the process in food production. Since the industry has said they can self-regulate, we have had a massive increase of salmonella and ebola contamination in our vegetables, poultry, meat and processed foods. Other countries who regulate and inspect their food industry have almost no problems, but those who don't we see similar problems like the USA has. Those who say deregulation will work things out should know that people have died from this theory. Is it worth it because of ideology?
dss1437 wrote: "we have had a massive increase of salmonella and ebola contamination in our vegetables, poultry, meat and processed foods."
Yes, we have had way too many cases of salmonella contamination, but EBOLA IS NOT A FOODBORNE ILNESS, and there has NEVER been a outbreak in the USA. Ebola outbreaks have been limited to Africa. Please check your facts BEFORE you post nonsense!!!!!
Thanks Mary, I was going to educate this uninformed one, but you did a wonderful job first!
I am still waiting for my Peter Pan peanut butter to come back.
" Sunland Inc. of Portales, N.M.
Gee, let me guess how many Illegal immigrants, not aliens, this garbage plant employ's.
And that would be relevant because?????? Oh, it would be relevant because like a typical redneck you need a foreign scapegoat for all of this country's defects and shortcomings right? Of course, if it were imported peanut butter you'd be bashing the country of origin....pathetic idiot you are.
I do not believe that the illegal immigrants are at fault. Not allof them, but most of them, are very poor and need money to feed their families. What would you do if you had to choose between an illegal job or watching your family be starving. Many of these huge food corperations perposfully hire immigrants because they are cheaper pay and who doesn't want more money right? These big corperations look for ways to get the immigrants across the border. We cannot blame the foriegners we must blame ourselves. Why? Because America is very corrupt and we Americans need to realize that America is not perfect and we as a people need to do something about it! I may have went overboard but that is just how i feel. (and no my english is not perfect)
No Ulises-1077669, because blind ignorant fools like you want to believe that this world is all touchy-feelie good!
As far as being redneck, I work maintenance in food processing plants, so would you like to hear about some of the things that YOUR poor immigrants do to the food you eat all the time, NOT! Only because you have your head in the sand, but also up your butt.
Why don't some of you check out the facts of food contamination, and find the that the vast majority of the contamination comes from plants that have a crap load of dirt bags from other countries.
I really don't care where they come from. I don't want them anywhere near my food supply.
So keep eating your Del Monte, Heinz, and lets not forget the best "Archer Midland Daniels". I'm sure this post will get pulled because AMD is a big come bucket in this site.
Oh, yeah. Speaking of come bucket, you may want to think twice before using that can of stewed tomatoes in your next pot of sauce.............
Whatever happened to making peanut butter at home? Salmonella is created in the processing plant where folks do not properly prepare the peanuts and/or the processing equipment.
Try as we might, we're unable to make 'creamy' peanut butter at home without the kind of milling machines which the manufacturers use. It all comes out as a granular mass. Tastes pretty good though.
Thanks for the Food and Drug Administration, FDA, and the prompted action has taken preventive measures; and thanks for the Trader Joe's compliance and for the safety concern and thanks for their quick responses from all their stores for the safety of the public.
Who are those people have paid for the tasks of the FDA's staff? The answer is the taxpayers of USA.
For whatever reasons of Romney have escaped from the paying the taxes to our government, then would his whole family deserve the service of our FDA?
Now it is making common sense that if any Americans are citizens, residents, and have property here in USA, then they have to pay taxes, including their foreign accounts.
It is because 98% Americans pay taxes, at least more than 23%, and average Americans pay mostly at 30% range. The taxes are to support our government services, such as this, one of the vital functions, like FDA.
To Congress, please do not cut programs, such as DHHS, FDA, NOAA, for the GOPers have counted the funding, e.g. NOAA.
Had a roomie that shopped at Trader Joe's, and it seemed about everything was compromised in one way or another. Most of the food was very bland, and in particular, the clam chowder was like gelatin- uck.
My guess is nobody's missing a big taste treat in discarding this stuff.
A big part of the perception is in the labeling and packaging.
Trader Joe's knows little about what colors stimulate the appetite.
Actually this stuff is the most sublimely delicious peanut butter I've ever had. It is how peanut butter tastes in one's imagination.
Trader Joe's food is of much higher quality than any of the common supermarkets.
"Trader Joe's food is of much higher quality than any of the common supermarkets" and furthermore --- AaGH!! Ugh! Help! I knew I shouldn't have eaten that!!
Society cannot afford the true cost of nearly everything it does. We were able to prop things up artificially for about 3/4s of the 20th century when an unrealistic optimism about the future reigned supreme. Like, things would always be getting better? Like, right. Because we have been over-exploiting the world's resources for almost a century, most of the world is now against us. We have to defend ourselves but will not be able to afford the true cost of war, socially or economically. It is all the more obvious that we will not be able to afford to inspect every food stuff that comes to market. Soon we will not be able to afford to inspect any food stuff that comes to market. Besides, food sellers need to make money and grab a piece of the continuously diminishing pie as much as the rest of us do. We will find ourselves in a world of unhealthful products designed to maximize profit, like a pre-Upton Sinclair world. Caveat Emptor. "Twas ever thus throughout history, folks.
The utopia many naifs thought was their birthright was a blip: an anomaly. Western industrialized civilization is unravelling. Prepare for the long slow side back into barbarism.
Popeye,
What in the world are you talking about? I thought this was a story about a Trader's Joe's peanut butter recall. LOL!!!!
Don't worry AZ! Popeye is just describing "The View From UNDER The Bridge" [where the trolls live].
As long as they don't have to pull my "three buck Chuck" from the shelves, I'm good.
"The production line in question can make about 6,000 tons of nut products in an hour, she added."
12 million pounds per hour sounds incredible.
That's about 200,000 lbs. per second. Convert that to miles per second and we've just done away with Einstein's theory of relativity.
I think she might have meant "6,000" pounds per hour.
I think she meant 6,000 POUNDS per hour'''
"6,000 TONS per hour" would equate to something like two hundred thousand pounds per second...
At that rate it begins to sound like a problem in relativity theory; the peanut butter might have to exit the processing plant at a speed greater than that of light in a vacuum.
Because TJ's is so obsessively secretive, guessing their suppliers is sort of a parlor game for grocery industry nerds. You can learn more of their secrets at an appropriately named web site: TraderJoesSecrets
I was infected by this! I just found out the cause now by reading this article. It was terrible. I had to go to the doctor for antibiotics, which tackled the bug within hours. All the symptoms described above are accurate. Here's proof:
They should donate all of the recalled peanut butter to Ikea to be served up with the Horsemeat Burgers which they are putting up for sale.