Although it has not received any complaints, the Kellogg Company today out of precaution issued a hold on its Austin and Keebler brand peanut butter sandwich crackers, including the peanut butter and jelly sandwich crackers, cheese and peanut butter sandwich crackers and the peanut butter-chocolate sandwich crackers after the peanut butter recall by the Peanut Corporation of America (PCA) yesterday. PCA is one of several peanut paste suppliers to Kellog. Kellog is requiring these products be removed from store shelves and urging customers not to consume these products until an investigation is complete or it issues more information.
PCA, a peanut processing company and manufacturer of peanut butter for institutional and food service industries like schools, hospitals and nursing homes recalled its peanut butter produced on or after July 1, 2008 in its Blakely, Georgia plant. None of the peanut butter had been sold to consumers, but PCA asked its customers to remove from distribution peanut butter with certain lot numbers.
Earlier on January 10, peanut butter distributor King Nut Companies recalled peanut butter it distributed under its label that was manufactured by PCA after salmonella was found in its product in a long-term care facility in Minnesota. King Nut also asked its customers to remove the Parnell Pride brand peanut butter, another brand distributed from PCA.
The national outbreak has made more than 430 people in 43 states sick, and five deaths have been reported.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090114/ap_on_re_us/salmonella_outbreak
