Peanut Butter: Half of Those Sick Are Kids Under 10

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Thursday January 29, 2009 · 9:22 AM PST

2009/01/29 · 09:22

Consumers Union posted that half of the 501 people sickened by salmonella in peanut butter are children under age 10. All of the 8 confirmed deaths were in people 59 or older. In light of this, they are asking us to call our loved ones' schools or nursing homes to make sure they have discarded any recalled products. And - you should now note that the recall has been extended from all products after July 1, 2008 to all products after Jan 1, 2007. Much of the older stuff was probably already eaten, but as CSPI notes, peanut butter's long shelf life may mean that it's still sitting around. (To keep up on the latest news about the number of salmonella cases and deaths, check the CDC website.)

Keep reading to see which new items are included in the recall...

I'll just add here that in my previous diaries, many, many people commented either "my kids got sick" or "I just gave [recalled item] to my kid - I'm gonna go take it away." This is just so unfair. I giggle when I see corrupt, greedy corporations that profit by making junk food go down but I am upset about the number of kids getting sick - and all people who are sick or have died.

Also note that the statistics cite the most recent salmonella case as January 8. I read in an NYT article (I think) that it takes about 3 weeks to report and confirm a case so we can expect the number of cases to rise. I'd also add - how many times have you gotten food poisoning without going to a doctor? When I am so sick I can't get more than 10 feet from the toilet, the last place I'm going is a doctor. I've read (I think on MarlerBlog) that for each reported case, there are an estimated 20-40 other people out there who are sick.

Also, Tom Philpott thinks that our government's food safety capabilities would make Caligula blush and Marion Nestle posted about the American Peanut Council's list of which peanut products you CAN eat (which might be a shorter list than the one below of which products you SHOULDN'T eat).

Before we get into the peanut butter recall list, here's a little more news from my corner of the world:

The other day I reported on mercury in high fructose corn syrup - something the govt's known about since 2005 but didn't fix. Barack Obama actually introduced a bill to fix it (that didn't pass) as a Senator. But somebody asked "Well how bad IS the amount of mercury in HFCS?" and I did a bit of math and asked around - so here's how bad the mercury actually is.

Also, Jay reported on Bisphenol-A, another scary bogeyman we should apparently be worried about these days, and AAF reported on worldwide water news. And if that's just too much bad news for you here's some good news.

If you want to follow the news on my site, you can do so via RSS feeds (i.e. like in Google reader), or on Twitter. I have promised to keep up with news of the recall, and I will continue to follow through with that promise.

The first list here are only foods recalled SINCE January 24. Below, you'll see a list of foods recalled between Jan 22 and Jan 24. Go here for a list of foods recalled prior to Jan 22. For stock numbers, lot numbers, and UPCs of recalled foods, please check the FDA site.

Archer Farms
- Double peanut Butter Chewy Soft Baked Cookies 8.6oz
- Milk Chocolate Monster Chewy Soft Baked Cookies 8.6oz
Cambridge Cheese crackers with peanut butter 7.44 oz (210 grams) & 7 1/3 oz (208 grams)
Can Do Kid
- Cookies & Cream
- Chocolate Crunch
Carolina Prime
- 2 Pack Hooves Peanut Butter Hooves
- 4" Rawhide Bone Peanut Rawhide
- 6" Beef Shank Peanut Butter Dog Bone
- 6" Rawhide Bone Peanut Butter Rawhide
- 2pk Hooves Peanut Butter Single Packages
- 4" Rawhide Bone Peanut Butter Single Packages
- 6" Beef Shank Peanut Butter Single Packages
- 6" Rawhide Bone Peanut Butter Single Packages
- 6" Healthy Hide Beef Shank Peanut Butter Single Packages
Dough-to-Go Peanut butter baked cookie products and Peanut butter cookie dough
Grandessa Peanut butter cookies
Happy Tails Multi-Flavored Dog Biscuits 4 lb and 26 oz
Isagenix Chocolate Dipped Honey Peanut IsaLean Bar Carton and individual bars
Jenny’s Cuisine Anytime Peanut Butter Flavor Nutritional Bars
Naturally Preferred Honey Nut Nuggets 8 oz. Bag
Nestle Optifast Honey Nut ’n Oat
NUTRILITE
- Chocolate Nut Roll Energy Bar
- Peanut Butter Energy Bar
- Product Intro Kit
- Vanilla Pretzel Energy Bar
Promax Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough
Promax 70
- Double Fudge Brownie
- 70 Cookies and Cream
Salix Healthy-Hide-Deli Wrap 5" Peanut Butter Filled Rawhide 3 count package
Sam’s Choice Milk Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookies
Shaklee
- Cinch Chocolate Decadence
- Cinch Lemon Cranberry
- Cinch Peanut Butter Crunch
Shoppers Valu Multi-Flavored Dog Biscuits 4 lb
ShopRite
- Peanut Butter and Cheese Cracker Snacks
- Peanut Butter on Toasty Crackers
SunRidge
- Chocolate Energy Bar 10 lb Case
- Energy Nuggets 8 oz. Bag
- Tropical Golden Nugget 10 lb Case
Supreme Protein
- Caramel Nut (Energy) Bars
- Caramel Nut Bars 20gm, 50gm, 96gm
- Caramel Nut Bars 50g CAN
- Peanut Butter Crunch Bars 20gm, 43gm, 86gm
- Peanut Butter Crunch Bars 43g CAN
Sure-Pak 12 Meals 1 oz. or 2 oz. packages of peanut butter
Think Thin
- Dark Chocolate
- Chocolate Mudslide
Trader Joe’s Sliced Green Apples With All Natural Peanut Butter 7-ounce
Whole Foods Carob Energee Nuggets 9 oz., clear plastic package
Zone 3 Carb Chocolate Brownie

Foods Recalled between Jan 22 and Jan 24:

ABC Peanut Butter Cookie Dough 3 lb. pails
Arbonne
- Figure 8 Peanut Butter Chews Expiration Date 10/2009
- Figure 8 Peanut Butter Chews Expiration Date 11/2009
Arizona Gold
- I love Peanut Butter Cookie Dough 3 lb. pails
- Peanut Butter Cookie Dough 3 lb. pails
Avanza Supermarket
- Peanut Butter Grand Brownies
- Peanut Butter Rolls
- Rolls and Cakes Iced with Peanut Butter Cream
- Mini Peanut Butter Cookies
- Monster Cookies
- Peanut Butter Blossom Cookies
- Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies
- Peanut Butter Cookies
- Scotcheroos
- Puppy Chow snack mix
- Peanut Butter Rice Crisp Bar
- Special K-Bar
Baker Jo's Peanut Butter
- Monster Cookie Dough 3 lb. pails
- Peanut Butter Chocolate Chunk Cookie Dough 3 lb. pails
- Peanut Butter Cookie Dough 3 lb. pails
Chef Jay's
- Peanut Butter Tri-O-Plex Brownie ("Best Buy" 06/Sept/09 thru 16/Jan/10) 85 gram
- Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Tri-O-Plex Cookie ("Best Buy" 06/Sept/09 thru 16/Jan/10) 85 gram
- Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Tri-O-Plex Lite Bites Cookie ("Best Buy" 06/Sept/09 thru 16/Jan/10) 57 gram
- Peanut Butter Tri-O-Plex Cookie ("Best Buy" 06/Sept/09 thru 16/Jan/10) 85 gram
- Peanut Butter Tri-O-Plex Duo Bar ("Best Buy" 06/Sept/09 thru 16/Jan/10) 100 gram
Econofoods (excluding Wisconsin stores in Sturgeon Bay, Clintonville, Marquette, Holton and Iron Mountain)
- Peanut Butter Grand Brownies
- Peanut Butter Rolls
- Rolls and Cakes Iced with Peanut Butter Cream
- Mini Peanut Butter Cookies
- Monster Cookies
- Peanut Butter Blossom Cookies
- Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies
- Peanut Butter Cookies
- Scotcheroos
- Puppy Chow snack mix
- Peanut Butter Rice Crisp Bar
- Special K-Bar
Family Fresh Market
- Peanut Butter Grand Brownies
- Peanut Butter Rolls
- Rolls and Cakes Iced with Peanut Butter Cream
- Mini Peanut Butter Cookies
- Monster Cookies
- Peanut Butter Blossom Cookies
- Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies
- Peanut Butter Cookies
- Scotcheroos
- Puppy Chow snack mix
- Peanut Butter Rice Crisp Bar
- Special K-Bar
Family Thrift Center
- Peanut Butter Grand Brownies
- Peanut Butter Rolls
- Rolls and Cakes Iced with Peanut Butter Cream
- Mini Peanut Butter Cookies
- Monster Cookies
- Peanut Butter Blossom Cookies
- Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies
- Peanut Butter Cookies
- Scotcheroos
- Puppy Chow snack mix
- Peanut Butter Rice Crisp Bar
- Special K-Bar
Food Bonanza
- Peanut Butter Grand Brownies
- Peanut Butter Rolls
- Rolls and Cakes Iced with Peanut Butter Cream
- Mini Peanut Butter Cookies
- Monster Cookies
- Peanut Butter Blossom Cookies
- Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies
- Peanut Butter Cookies
- Scotcheroos
- Puppy Chow snack mix
- Peanut Butter Rice Crisp Bar
- Special K-Bar
Gigi's Peanut Butter Cookie Dough 3 lb. corrugated box
GNC Triflex Peanut Butter Soft Chews 60 count containers
Gourmet Cookie Dough
- Peanut Butter Chocolate Chunk Cookie Dough 3 lb. pails
- Peanut Butter Cookie Dough 3 lb. pails
Jimmy's Cookies
- Peanut Butter Chocolate Chunk Cookie Dough 15 lb, 20 lb and 25 lb
- Peanut Butter Chocolate Chunk Cookies 4 oz, 12.5 oz, and 18 oz.
One Smart Cookie
- Peanut Butter Chocolate Chunk Cookie Dough 15 lb, 20 lb and 25 lb
- Peanut Butter Chocolate Chunk Cookies 4 oz, 12.5 oz, and 18 oz.
Ovens of Ashley Monster Cookie Dough 3 lb. pails
Parker
- Chocolate Peanut Butter Cup 1442 (Man. on 11/6/08) 30 pound case
- Peanut Butter Cookies & Crème Organic Bark 2348 (Man. On 10/3/08) 10 pound case
- Peanut Butter Milk Blend 2310 (Man. On 7/31/08) 30 pound case
Pick'n Save (Ohio stores in Van Wert and Ironton only)
- Peanut Butter Grand Brownies
- Peanut Butter Rolls
- Rolls and Cakes Iced with Peanut Butter Cream
- Mini Peanut Butter Cookies
- Monster Cookies
- Peanut Butter Blossom Cookies
- Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies
- Peanut Butter Cookies
- Scotcheroos
- Puppy Chow snack mix
- Peanut Butter Rice Crisp Bar
- Special K-Bar
Prairie Market
- Peanut Butter Grand Brownies
- Peanut Butter Rolls
- Rolls and Cakes Iced with Peanut Butter Cream
- Mini Peanut Butter Cookies
- Monster Cookies
- Peanut Butter Blossom Cookies
- Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies
- Peanut Butter Cookies
- Scotcheroos
- Puppy Chow snack mix
- Peanut Butter Rice Crisp Bar
- Special K-Bar
Rain Creek Baking Company
- Michael's Baklava Assortment
- Baklava Assortment
- Peanut Butter Princesses
- Peanut Butter Turtle Shells
- Peanut Butter Turtles
- Hand Crafted Baklava
Shurfine Peanut Butter Swirl Ice Cream 1.75 QT
Sinbad
- Baklava & Sweets
- Galleta estilo Baklava
- Special Baklava Assortment
- Sweets Baklava & Sweets
- Sweets Caffe Sweets
- Sweets Enrobed Peanut Butter Baskets
- Sweets Enrobed Peanut Butter Princesses
- Sweets European Baklava Assortment
- Sweets Peanut Butter Princess Baklava
- SinbadSweets.com 12pc Peanut Butter Princess
SunMart Foods
- Peanut Butter Grand Brownies
- Peanut Butter Rolls
- Rolls and Cakes Iced with Peanut Butter Cream
- Mini Peanut Butter Cookies
- Monster Cookies
- Peanut Butter Blossom Cookies
- Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies
- Peanut Butter Cookies
- Scotcheroos
- Puppy Chow snack mix
- Peanut Butter Rice Crisp Bar
- Special K-Bar
Trader Joe’s
- Sutter’s Formula Cookies 16-ounce
- Nutty Chocolate Chewy Coated & Drizzled Granola Bars 7.4-ounce
- Peanut Butter Chewy Coated & Drizzled Granola Bars 7.4-ounce
Wholesale Food Outlet
- Peanut Butter Grand Brownies
- Peanut Butter Rolls
- Rolls and Cakes Iced with Peanut Butter Cream
- Mini Peanut Butter Cookies
- Monster Cookies
- Peanut Butter Blossom Cookies
- Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies
- Peanut Butter Cookies
- Scotcheroos
- Puppy Chow snack mix
- Peanut Butter Rice Crisp Bar
- Special K-Bar

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