News Release
California Department of Health Services
Date: February 15, 2007
Con Agra Foods Is Recalling All Varieties of Peter Pan Peanut Butter or Great Value Peanut Butter
Con Agra Foods is recalling all varieties of Peter Pan peanut butter or Great Value peanut butter due to risk of contamination with Salmonella tennessee. The affected jars of Peter Pan and Great Value peanut butter have a product code located on the lid of the jar that begins with the number "2111." Both the Peter Pan and Great Value brands are manufactured by Con Agra in a single facility in Georgia.
Con Agra is recalling the product as a precautionary measure based on a just-completed epidemiological study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) which links 288 cases of foodborne illness in 39 states to consumption of varying types of Peter Pan peanut butter. The outbreak appears to be ongoing and the first consumer may have become ill as early as August of 2006. As a result of epidemiological testing and recent case control studies, CDC was recently able to identify Peter Pan peanut butter as the likely cause of illness. Great Value brand peanut butter beginning with product code 2111 is manufactured in the same plant as Peter Pan peanut butter and, thus, is believed to be at similar risk of contamination.
Consumers that have any of this Peter Pan or Great Value brand peanut butter in their home that has been purchased since May 2006, should discard it, but save the lid. For a full refund, consumers may return the Peter Pan Peanut Butter or Great Value Peanut Butter product lid along with their name and mailing address to ConAgra Foods, P.O. Box 57078, Irvine, CA 92619-7078.
Consumers with questions or concerns about the recall can call the Con Agra 24-hour toll-free hotline at 866-344-6970.
It is unknown at the present time if the product affected by this recall was distributed to California. We are continuing to work with the US Food and Drug Administration and Con Agra to get additional details.
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