JIF Peanut Butter Recall,, Have You Tried To DECIFER The Lot Numbers??

buckeyefarmer · May 27, 2022

I just returned 2 jars to Costco.
I have another almost eaten, guess it’s safe.

WVH1977 · May 27, 2022

buckeyefarmer said:
I just returned 2 jars to Costco.
I have another almost eaten, guess it’s safe.

Me too. Me and my baby son. He only had a little but I ate about half the jar. Getting rid of it. Glad no one in my family got sick.

Doofy · May 27, 2022

What a waste of food. Was the salmonella in the peanut butter or on the outside of the jar?

ljjhouser · May 27, 2022

Dftodd said:
I pass a peanut butter plant on my way to work every morning. It's just up the road from work. For about the first month, I was hungrier then the dickens smelling the peanuts roasting.

Now, I really can't stand the smell. Not sure which brand they produce for. One if these days, I'll drive by and check the sign.

Makes you wonder how many different labels come from that one plant?

Dftodd · May 27, 2022

ljjhouser said:
Makes you wonder how many different labels come from that one plant?

Probably quite a few. All they need to do is change a label and recipe.

ponytug · May 27, 2022

Doofy said:
What a waste of food. Was the salmonella in the peanut butter or on the outside of the jar?

Inside, in the peanut butter.

@ljjhouser Depending on the plant, one (large) to hundreds (of little brands). Size is generally an indication of quality, I.e. bigger is better, but also because the larger plants are inspected more often because if there were a problem it would affect more people. There are only so many inspectors and so many hours in a day.

There are definitely failures in the system; look at the Peanut Corporation of America that produced unsafe food for years before the large lethal outbreak that shut it down.

Attention to detail by everyone in the food chain keeps food safe, but by the same token, bad actors not cleaning their combines, or trailers, or bins insert contaminated food into the system, where the subsequent tests and inspections have to find it to remove it. It takes multiple lapses to get contained processed food into consumer hands. For raw fruits and vegetables, it is harder to grow it clean, keep it clean and get it into homes clean since there are rarely "kill" steps in the distribution chain to kill off surface contamination. (There are exceptions, e.g. California green salads.)

All the best,

Peter

Doofy · May 27, 2022

ponytug said:
Inside, in the peanut butter.

@ljjhouser Depending on the plant, one (large) to hundreds (of little brands). Size is generally an indication of quality, I.e. bigger is better, but also because the larger plants are inspected more often because if there were a problem it would affect more people. There are only so many inspectors and so many hours in a day.

There are definitely failures in the system; look at the Peanut Corporation of America that produced unsafe food for years before the large lethal outbreak that shut it down.

Attention to detail by everyone in the food chain keeps food safe, but by the same token, bad actors not cleaning their combines, or trailers, or bins insert contaminated food into the system, where the subsequent tests and inspections have to find it to remove it. It takes multiple lapses to get contained processed food into consumer hands. For raw fruits and vegetables, it is harder to grow it clean, keep it clean and get it into homes clean since there are rarely "kill" steps in the distribution chain to kill off surface contamination. (There are exceptions, e.g. California green salads.)

All the best,

Peter

Good to know. Thanks.

weldingisfun · May 29, 2022

Once I read this thread I checked my pantry. Sure enough, we had three 48 oz jars, all with lot number 2036 4250311 which are within the range of concern. Interestingly, we have already consumed one jar, it having been a Sam's Club 2-pack the second of that pack about 80% gone and a new unopened 48 oz 2-pack. To my way of thinking, if I was going to get sick, I would have already. So, throwing caution to the wind, I will go ahead and consume the peanut butter in the other 48 oz 2-pack. Gonna enjoy my Jif peanut crunchy peanut butter and if I get sick, well I made a wrong decision. If I don't get sick, I enjoyed one of my favorite foods and made a good decision.