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Kellogg Peanut Butter Cracker Recall

by Jordan Yerman | January 15, 2009 at 07:22 am

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FDA and other regulatory agencies have indicated that Peanut Corporation of America (PCA) is the focus of their investigation concerning a recent Salmonella outbreak thought to be caused by tainted peanut butter. PCA is one of several peanut paste suppliers that the company uses in its Austin® and Keebler® branded peanut butter sandwich crackers.

Kellogg Company Media Dept.

Kellogg is stopping sales of its Keebler and Austin peanut butter crackers following a recall of peanut butter from Kellogg's supplier.

This voluntary recall is a precautionary measure after five deaths were linked to tainted peanut butter in the US which caused a nation-wide salmonella outbreak that sickened over 400 people in 43 states.

Kellogg, of Battle Creek, Mich., said it hadn't received any complaints or discovered any problems with the crackers, but took the action as a "precautionary measure" after one of its peanut paste suppliers, Peanut Corp. of America, announced a nationwide recall of peanut butter made in a Georgia plant.

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Uwe Paschen

at 09:38 on January 15th, 2009

This would be unthinkable in Japan, the peanut is simply every where to be fund and in all sorts of forms and dishes... Why is there so much salmonella all of a sudden? Well we did have our own food crisis here last year with Tofu from China.

Same with allergies, and I always meant to look into why in North America so many people seem to be allergic to it?

Alida Antonia Cornelius

at 09:34 on January 15th, 2009

I got the warning to hold off eating any of these products you have at home until they issue a statement if they are safe to eat or not. The warning I got was for Keebler and Austin brands only.

The problem is that they don't even put it in the local newspapers or on news on TV.

And in the meantime, people could get sick.