Saturday, January 17, 2009

Kellogg Recalls Peanut Butter Snacks

Recall Includes Famous Amos®, Keebler® and Austin® Products

January 17, 2009

The Kellogg Company has initiated a voluntary recall of peanut butter sandwich crackers and cookies due to the possibility that they may be contaminated with Salmonella.

This action follows on the heels of Salmonella having been confirmed yesterday in unopened jars of King Nut peanut butter by the states of Connecticut and Georgia

Peanut Corporation of America, the manufacturer of King Nut peanut butter, supplied Kellogg with peanut butter paste used as an ingredient in the recalled products.

The recall announced by Kellogg covers all batches of the following products manufactured since July 1, 2008:

  • Austin® Quality Foods Cheese Crackers with Peanut Butter - all sizes
  • Austin® Quality Foods Cheese & Peanut Butter Sandwich Crackers – all sizes
  • Austin® Quality Foods Mega Stuffed Cheese Crackers with Peanut Butter – all sizes
  • Austin® Quality Foods PB & J Cracker Sandwiches – all sizes
  • Austin® Quality Foods Super Snack Pack Sandwich Crackers
  • Austin® Quality Foods Chocolate Peanut Butter Sandwich Crackers – all sizes
  • Austin® Quality Foods Toasty Crackers with Peanut Butter – all sizes
  • Austin® Quality Foods Reduced Fat Cheese & Peanut Butter Sandwich Crackers
  • Austin® Quality Foods Reduced Fat Toasty Crackers with Peanut Butter Sandwich Crackers
  • Austin® Quality Foods Cookie/Cracker Pack
  • Austin® Quality Foods Variety Pack
  • Keebler® Cheese & Peanut Butter Sandwich Crackers – all sizes
  • Keebler® Toast & PB 'n J Flavored Sandwich Crackers – all sizes
  • Keebler® Toast & Peanut Butter Sandwich Crackers – all sizes
  • Famous Amos® Peanut Butter Cookies (2- and 3-ounce)
  • Keebler® Soft Batch Homestyle Peanut Butter Cookies (2.5-ounce)

Consumers are urged to destroy or return any of these recalled products. To arrange for a refund, contact the Kellogg Consumer Response Center at 877-869-5633.

6 comments:

  1. Is Kraft peanut butter jars contaminated? cause me, my brother, and mom made some peanut butter sandwhich's with Kraft peanut butter (1kg) jar

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  2. I just wanted to add to my earlier post That I live in kitchener, ontario (in Canada) so I'm not sure if the outbreak is even in Canada but i wanna be on the safe side! (please respond, Ill really appreciate it)

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  3. Kraft, Skippy, Peter Pan and other JARS of peanut butter that are sold in supermarkets and retail stores are NOT contaminated with this bug. The company that made the peanut butter sold it to companies like Kellogg and other who used it to make peanut butter snacks and cookies. The smallest size jar they made was 5 pounds (2.3 Kg).

    So far, there has been no announcement of any Canadian products being contaminated. One person in New Brunswick has become sick with the outbreak bug, but that person had traveled to the United States and probably became infected while traveling.

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  4. Kraft peanut butter and other brands of jarred peanut butter are not concerned with this recall.

    Some products have been recalled in Canada. Read the following: http://tinyurl.com/8noa6h

    François Boucher, MD, FRCPC
    Quebec City, QC

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  5. Thank you.

    I posted that CFIA recall notice this morning.

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  6. If you have any concerns regarding product recalls in Canada always check the Canadian Food Inspection Agency website:http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/corpaffr/recarapp/recaltoce.shtml
    All other internet sources are not reliable and the information is not complete.

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