Contaminated Peanut Butter Prompts Recall of Keebler and Austin Crackers

By Julie Kent. Published on 01/15/2009 - 3:20pm

A nationwide recall on peanut butter produced by Peanut Corp. of America of Lynchburg, Va. was announced Wednesday after officials revealed two more deaths associated with a salmonella outbreak. One of their clients - Kellogg Co. - later asked stores to cease selling some of their peanut butter crackers.

Included in the Peanut Corp. of America was 21 lots of peanut butter made since July 1 at its plant in Blakely, Ga. They supply peanute paste to Kellogg.

On Wednesday Kellogg asked stores nationwide to pull peanut butter crackers sold under their Keebler and Austin brands. So far Kellogg has not received any complaints or found any problems, and are taking this action out of caution.

More than 430 people in 43 states have been sickened by the salmonella outbreak. In Ohio, 57 cases have been reported, 14 of whom were hospitalized.

Two deaths have been reported in Minnesota, one in Idaho, and two in Virginia in relation to the outbreak. All five were adults that had salmonella when they died, although the causes of death haven't yet been determiend.

Peanut Corp. of America said none of the recalled peanut butter is sold through retail stores. It is only sold to institutions, food service industries and private label food companies. Kelloggs' products, however, are sold directly to consumers. These products that are being pulled include: Austin and Keebler toasted peanut butter sandwich crackers, peanut butter and jelly sandwich crackers, cheese and peanut butter sandwich crackers, and peanut butter-chocolate sandwich crackers.

Kellogg is asking customers and stores to hold onto the products, but not eat them until an investigation is complete.

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Submitted by bernice clarke (not verified) on January 15, 2009 - 5:32pm

#1

what do i do with my p,b,crackers

Submitted by M. Knauer (not verified) on January 23, 2009 - 10:42am

#2

I have several piackages of the peanut butter recalled crackers....Peaner butter toasted crackers, PB & J,,Chocolatey peanut butter crackers. What do I do with them...can I get my money back? I use this product regularly as I pack several lunches a day, & we have them for snacks. Help!

Submitted by Guest (not verified) on January 29, 2009 - 4:23pm

#3

I BOUGHT AUSTIN PEANUT BUTTER CRACKERS FROM B J ,S DO I RETURN THEM TO B J STORES ?

Submitted by Guest (not verified) on January 26, 2009 - 11:35pm

#4

I bought the Peanut Butter Crackers, one package of the cheese cracker and the other on toast crackers and the one of the cheese sandwich crackers. What do I do about the recall?

Thanks,
Pam Fellers

Submitted by Guest (not verified) on January 27, 2009 - 2:14pm

#5

don't eat them.

Submitted by Michelle jettie (not verified) on January 19, 2009 - 12:49pm

#6

Is there a place to look up the bar code on the multi pack to see if it is included?

Submitted by Guest (not verified) on January 19, 2009 - 8:42pm

#7

This is terrible my son is a 3 pack a day man.

Submitted by Guest (not verified) on January 19, 2009 - 11:02pm

#8

Great, I just ate two packs of them earlier this morning. The store I bought them from did not have them pulled from the shelves like they should have.

Submitted by Michael Putnam (not verified) on January 20, 2009 - 6:32pm

#9

We thought my 10 year old had stomach flu and he has continued to eat austin pb cheese crackers after he got better. He got sick again today and then our grocery store told us the crackers were recalled when we tried to buy more. I wish we had found out sooner. What action can we take?

Submitted by Guest (not verified) on January 27, 2009 - 2:15pm

#10

Sue.

Submitted by joep (not verified) on January 21, 2009 - 1:35pm

#11

Are there specific lot numbers??

Submitted by Guest (not verified) on February 1, 2009 - 12:02am

#12

I have been sick for 4 days now. i did not eat the peanut butter crackers, but another pack of cheese crackers that was in a multi-pack with the Austin peanut butter crackers. Is there a chance of cross-contamination even though they are individually wrapped?

Submitted by Guest (not verified) on February 1, 2009 - 5:37pm

#13

i have several packages of these. i would like to know where i can get my money back.

Submitted by Guest (not verified) on February 11, 2009 - 9:36pm

#14

I bought two huge packages of these and was eating them before i found out about the recall, but had no effects. I decided to try to eat a few sparingly, just to see what would happen, and nothing did. Now i eat the Austin crackers every day. am i wrong in thinking that if some are good the whole batch is good?

Submitted by anastasia goff (not verified) on February 12, 2009 - 6:25pm

#15

my grand son had crackers with cheese from the same company that made the peanut butter crackers he has salmonella he's not out of the woods yet have those crakers been pulled my grandson is 1 and a half and really sick who is the blame i think this is rediculious someone needs to be held responsible.

Submitted by Guest (not verified) on March 12, 2009 - 9:04am

#16

File a complaint with centers for disease control. Submit medical reports and have PB co pay for bills and suffering (legal advice should be sought)

Submitted by Phyllis Kozakiewicz (not verified) on February 19, 2009 - 12:13pm

#17

I have two large boxes with 45 packs in each purchased from BJ's. What do I do with them. Can we get a refund, do I send them to you, what to do????

Please advise.

Thanks

Submitted by Guest (not verified) on November 23, 2010 - 2:38am

#18