Kellogg Pulls Peanut Butter Crackers

[OhioChick]

Source: AP

No Salmonella Complaints Reported

POSTED: 9:01 am EST January 15, 2009

ROANOKE, Va. -- Kellogg asked stores to stop selling a variety of crackers containing peanut paste supplied by a Virginia company that's issued a nationwide recall of peanut butter produced at one of its plants.

Kellogg said its request to pull peanut butter crackers sold under the Austin and Keebler brands was made out of caution. The company said it hasn't found any problems or received complaints about those products.

Lynchburg-based Peanut Corp. of America issued the recall Tuesday night because of possible salmonella contamination. The recall is for 21 lots of peanut butter made since July 1 at its plant in Blakely, Ga.

The recall was issued after an open container of peanut butter in a long-term care facility in Minnesota was found to contain a strain of salmonella.

A national salmonella outbreak has sickened more than 430 people in 43 states. Five deaths in Virginia, Minnesota and Idaho have been linked to the outbreak. But the causes of those deaths haven't been determined.

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[Ian David]

1. If your peanut butter looks like this...

DO NOT EAT IT!

[madrchsod]

2. the cheese ones are bad enough but the peanut butter---yuck

[HomerRamone]

4. Love 'em! nt

[Rebubula]

3. Man...

...That takes me back to summer camp.

We lived on the Cheese and Peanut butter crackers...

Sheesh...everything will kill you these days.

[FirstLight]

5. you know what's scary?

what about those on limited income who shop at places like the Grocery Outlet? what about folks that get their food from the food pantry? what about those who aren't reading up on food recalls or the like? how many of those people are the ones put the most at risk?

I have taken food out of our pantry on a couple occasions lately, from hot coco to peanutbutter crackers, etc..because of melamine and the rest...