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Subscribe to RSSA New Mexico company has expanded its recall of peanut butter and almond butter to include cashew butters, tahini and blanched and roasted peanut products.
Sunland Inc. sells its nuts and nut butters to large groceries and other food distributors around the country. The company recalled products under multiple brand names after salmonella illnesses were linked Trader Joe's Creamy Salted Valencia Peanut Butter, one of the brands manufactured by Sunland.
Trader Joe's peanut butter recalled for salmonella risk
The federal Center for Disease Control and Prevention says there are now 30 illnesses in 19 states that can be traced to the Trader Joe's peanut butter. No other foods have been linked to the illnesses, but Sunland recalled other products manufactured on the same equipment as the Trader Joe's product.
In addition to Trader Joe's, the recall includes nut products sold at Whole Foods Market, Target, Fresh & Easy, Giant Food, Harry and David, Stop & Shop Supermarket Company and several other stores. Some of the stores used Sunland ingredients in items they prepared and packaged themselves.
Click for the FDA's full list of recalled nut products
Brand names recalled include Archer Farms, Earth Balance, Fresh & Easy, Late July, Heinen's, Joseph's, Natural Value, Naturally More, Open Nature, Peanut Power Butter, Serious Food, Snaclite Power, Sprouts Farmers Market, Sprout's, Sunland and Dogsbutter, among others.
Sunland's recall includes 101 products, and several retailers have issued additional recalls including items made with Sunland ingredients.
Those sickened reported becoming ill between June 11 and Sept. 11, according to the CDC. Almost two-thirds of those who became ill were children under the age of 10. No deaths have been reported.
Salmonella can cause diarrhea, fever and abdominal cramps 12 hours to 72 hours after infection. It is most dangerous to children, the elderly and others with weak immune systems.
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How about a link which lists the exact brands of peanut butter being recalled among these various stores?
Exactly what I was wondering. They list a handful of stores and brand names and then say "...and others." Considering my proximity to New Mexico, I would like to know if my regional supermarket is affected. Poor reporting.
http://www.fda.gov/Safety/Recalls/default.htm
Follow the first link in this article to a second article, and that second article has a link to a comprehensive list of recalled items.
"Peanut butter recall spreads to other nut products..." Nice pun. And does "other nut products" point to Teabaggers' position papers? Germs by any other name......
F'ing loser! politicizing peanut butter...?
Have another drink of kool-aid, libbie!
And stay on First Read...you and Feisty Redhead make a good couple!
didn't take long for this to turn political, did it?
cantakenomore - it was a joke. That giant chip of cement on your shoulder must get hard to carry.
I believe the term you are looking for is "Tea Partier." What you used is an extraordinarily offensive and sexist term that should not be allowed in any forum. It is as offensive as the "N" word. Educate yourself, and make your distaste for the Tea Party movement known in a civil and polite manner.
Ahh, yes, Day; a joke. That thing your side can't take? Yup. Hypocrites.
Ha! Settle down, douche! What's so sexist about saying "teabaggers?" Either sex can receive it. Usually the side receiving it gave the ok...YOU should know that;-) Besides, these forums are open to all...unfortunately.
Thank Goodness Peter Pan is not implicated this time. That stunk. Am happily reunited with my childhood old friend.
For the past few years, it seems that more and more products are being recalled either for salmonella or listeria contamination. If one were to examine these recalls, one could come to the conclusion that the main cause is the unconcern of growers and producers of edible products as to safety practices with an accelerated concern for the most profits that can be obtained and a relaxation of FDA rules and inspections.
If this trend continues, Consumers will have even greater risks of their health. Growers and their buyers have to be put on notice by the FDA that such disregard of health risks will not be tolerated and the mere slap on the hand has stopped.
And be mindful, that the number of cases reported does not necessarily mean that they are the only ones that have occurred. There are several reasons for this: The ones sick try self-medication or bear it out. Doctors misdiagnose the disease. Doctors and Hospitals fail to report the sicknesses.
Most just call it a 24 hour stomach bug......and never get tested.
Don't worry folks if the GOP get in they will gut the FDA..
Kathryn -
Apparently you've never had salmonella or e. coli. Because there isn't a person out there who has had it who would confuse it with the 24 hour stomach bug.
Easily the worst pain & sickness I've ever felt in my life...
You F'ing idiots will politicize any and everything...eh Jobo and Jersey Bob?
one day the terriorists will get it right.
Don't worry, Hobo; one day yours will see what a joke you really are (not to mention the hypocrisy).
"For the past few years, it seems that more and more products are being recalled either for salmonella or listeria contamination. If one were to examine these recalls, one could come to the conclusion that the main cause is the unconcern of growers and producers of edible products as to safety practices with an accelerated concern for the most profits that can be obtained and a relaxation of FDA rules and inspections."
One could make that conclusion, but it would incorrect. We have had more recalls for a couple reasons: first, they have better epedemiological traceback systems in place now where if one person in PA, one in GA, two in TX and one in NY get sick, with the old system they didn't know how it happened but now they can pinpoint it back to a common source and zero in for the recall. That isn't a drop in food safety but an increase in traceability and accountability. Second, more people are testing and often these recalls are not the result of somebody getting sick but a random test getting a positive hit. In the past, those recalls rarely happened because the testing wasn't as vigorous. It isn't known if those types of recalls would have resulted in people getting sick if not addressed, but nobody wants to take that chance. (well, almost nobody - there are still greedy bastards in the world, like PCA who knowingly shipped products that tested positive for Salmonella).
The food safety standards are not actually being driven by the FDA. Governement standards tend to raise the floor, forcing all companies to meet a minimum level of standards, but the free market has historically pushed for higher standards that the governement ones and a large amount of the market is being driven by those higher standards. Many food companies are audited to GFSI, BRC and Dutch-HACCP standards which are much higher than the federal standards because customers are requiring it. I am not against the FDA raising the standards, but they have not been the most effective stick and carrot combo that large buyers with high standards are.
But the main point is that these recalls are not a sign of lowering food quality in America but in an increase in the ability to monitor and police the product.
Not with Salmonella or Listeria. Listeria has an overall mortality rate of 20% - usually due to meningitis and sepsis. It is usually treated with ampicillin, cirprofloxaxin, linezolid, and/or azithromycin (depends on the patients ability to take the antibiotics and the regions microgram). Salmonella is less serious in most people - but can still cause serious complications in infants, elderly and immune compromised individuals. Most people with Salmonella get pretty serious diarrhea.
Wow. I read about recalls every so often and think nothing of it. This one matches us perfectly! I order my groceries for delivery from Safeway and I just sent them an email. If you've purchased Open Nature Old Fashioned Creamy Peanut Butter 16oz with a upc code of 7989311201, don't eat it! Take it back to your store.
I saw this article a week ago and it mentioned that Open Nature might be one of the brands so I pulled our pb at that time, but didn't get the confirmation until today. Thank goodness I did get it, though, because I do have a little one under 10 and I have a weak immune system. Crazy.
Here's the link to the company's site that lists every brand affected. You'd be surprised…check yours for sure.
If it's not China it's Mexico with food recalls. Why the Hell don't these U.S. companies make the product right here in our own country???
The processer is in NEW Mexico.
Where would be the profit in THAT?
Kathryn Sullivan....thank you for that! If I had a dime for everytime someone said "Why did you move to another country?" and had to clarify that I lived (at the time) in Albuquerque, NEW Mexico I could have retired by now.
Come on people! I'm sure you know the 5th largest state in the US??? Between Texas and Nevada???? Sheesh people, pay attention in skool!
when we stopped teaching geography and history in our schools, some people do not know the difference between Mexico a central America nation and New Mexico a state in the union( although both do use Mexican labor, where hygiene is not at the top of the list).
Dina, was skool misspelled on purpose?? LOL
I remember the last time the U.S. hosted the winter olympics and some folks from New Mexico wanted to get tickets. They were referred to the Mexican Embassy!!
Tarzan, it's cause all the us companies sold out to China or messico
yes Vor, it certainly was!
Dina, was your last post missing a capital letter on purpose?
good old american greed.
What's stupid is how these companies make the same product and stick 100 different labels on it. Just call it Sunland Peanut Butter and be done with it. Seems like every vendor wants their own branding to sell and to trick people into thinking it's something separate. It's all the same stuff!!
Yep!
???
I wonder how they came up with that name?
This is the Sunland Dogsbutter dog treats they manufacture that have also been recalled
I don't want to know lol. Yuck
And it's processed on the same equipment that processes pb for human consumption. Yummy!!! Was at a restaurant today and the noon news was being broadcast. The reporter mentioned something about people's houses stinking because of a large number of cricket carcasses. Just the kind of news you want to hear when you're trying to eat lunch.
Texas, it could be worse; you could have seen the carcass in you lunch!
Several years ago it did finally include the major brands. We did not eat peanut butter for a year after that.
Me too! I live on peanut butter. I too went a whole year without. Worst recall in history until maybe now.
most people cannot afford a bill from the doctor for a belly ache.
wee's gotta wait fer the mergency room visit at the cowty horsepital.
Most doctors haven't got time in their schedule to see someone for a stomach ache. I use a walk in clinic for that kind of stuff. The emergency rooms take forever. I get your sarcasm and yep, it's mostly on the spot.
scotty what you mean"It's mostly on the spot?" Hell it's dead on the spot.
I've toured Sunland's plant and bought their bulk products for many years. I thought they did a very good job at sanitation and had very high standards. We always found them to be very contentious, like many family owned companies. I guess this can happen to anybody - there seems to be a lot more Salmonella in the environment than before, or maybe we are just diagnosing a lot more of it.
My wife and friends tease me for not appreciating the organic richness of some of these fancy butters, but my decidedly un-gourmet, added-sugar, salt, and who knows what Jiff is looking and tasting pretty good right about now.
These are not products with organic certification.
I had a peanut butter sandwich a couple weeks or so ago and immediately got nauseous and vomited. Ha.
So what else is new? There is at least one food recall every day anymore. Thanks to USDA and FDA gutting, or not even enforcing, food laws. The corporations must make their profits no matter what!
Being 'all natural' still doesn't make this stuff safe, just cheaper to wholesale.
Its of no consequence to me. I always know where my nuts have been.
I love Trader Joes, but I only eat Jiffy's peanut butter. Never a problem or a controversy with quality.
Call in Jimmy Carter, we need a serious Nut Nut to crack the shell of this case. Hopefully any serious health issues are diminished to nuttin...
pnut butter SPREADS....cute. Did it SKIP out w/ PETER PAN?? ughh. I'm in a JAM here...have the nutz to comment? lol
Is there anything left to eat that won't get you sick or kill you?
were any of these products imported? is sundland using illegal immigrants in their factories?
They got me with Peter Pan a few years ago. It felt like I was dead they just forgot to cover me up. I think if some executives faced jail time for manslaughter; the eight deaths caused by someone's inability to fix a roof leaking into a machine in Georgia. Would likely not have happened. The peanut state. More deregulation that's what we need. That crap knew they were selling poison and did it anyway. They killed kids. Trust a company to do what is right? Horse hockey! They should have burned that dump and give everybody ninety days in the hole. Those who knew and covered up. Ten years.
What is causing the problems? Do animal feeds and fertilizers containing human piss and manure spread the majority of diseases? While radiation could be used to kill the diseases in them, it could cause additional problems due to radiation and terrorists. If pesticides are causing problems including the ones containing arsenic that got into rice, then why can't there be a death sentence as a deterrent to discourage companies from risking our health and lives? The same could apply to feeds and fertilizers. If workers with diseases are causing the problems, then ditto with the owner(s) of the companies. Same with contaminates. Would this be possible?
...Yes, it is quite a list of food brands posted. Regrettably though TRADER JOE'S will be the only on remembered from the article that sells POISON FOOD.
As environmental activists fraudulently attack all chemicals that protect our food, Democrats make regulations to insure our food is not protected with the 21st century available science. This is ridiculous. Democrats are now killing people with their ignorance and support of chemo-phobic morons! The news media seems to support the alarmism and ignorance. The only think dumber than a Democrat (which includes all journalists) is a ??? Who knows? A rock is smart enough to roll down hill.