Several companies have withdrawn products containing Jif peanut butter amid an outbreak of salmonella infections.
Ten companies have already announced that they are taking products off the shelves since JM Smucker Co. withdrew last Friday the Jif peanut butter products sold nationwide due to possible salmonella contamination.
In the last two days, eight new entries have been added to the Food and Drug Administration’s withdrawal page.
The affected products had been sold to many well-known stores, from Wawa to Walmart.
Albertsons Cos., One of the largest food and drug retailers in the country, also issued a withdrawal of 11 ready-to-store items that were sold at more than 20 of its grocery stores. This includes Albertsons, Safeway, Pak ‘N Save, Shaw’s, Star Market, Randalls, Vons and Balducci’s.
So far no one was able to send in the perfect solution, which is not strange.
However, federal health officials have been investigating the outbreak that has been linked to certain Jif products produced at the company’s facilities in Lexington, Kentucky, according to the FDA.
To date, none of the companies have reported any illness or injury related to Jif products. Bloomberg via Getty Images
“Epidemiological and laboratory data show that some Jif brand peanut butter may be contaminated with Salmonella Senftenberg and are making people sick,” the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said in a statement. about research.
So far, 14 people have fallen ill and two more have been hospitalized. However, the actual number of sick people is probably “much higher,” according to the CDC.
JM Smucker Co. he previously told FOX Business that he is “confident” that he has correctly defined the scope of the withdrawal and that the incident was isolated at his Lexington manufacturing facility.
None of its other peanut butter products or facilities have been affected in any way, according to the company.
Symptoms of salmonella may include fever, diarrhea, nausea, vomiting, and abdominal pain. However, the body can cause “serious and sometimes fatal infections” in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems, according to the FDA.