Food Poisoning Law Blog

According to the FDA, the ConAgra plant in Georgia linked to the current Salmonella outbreak sent bulk Peter Pan peanut butter to the ConAgra plant in Humboldt, Tennessee.  The bulk Peter Pan peanut butter was used to make the following peanut butter toppings:

• Sonic Brand Ready-To-Use Peanut Butter Topping in 6 lb. 10.5 oz cans. Sonic outlets used the topping until 2/16/07, when the product was recalled.

  The topping was used in the following Sonic ice cream products:
        - Peanut Butter Shake
        - Peanut Butter Fudge Shake
        - Peanut Butter Sundae
        - Peanut Butter Fudge Sundae

• Carvel Peanut Butter Topping in 6 lb. 10 oz. cans. Carvel used the topping until 2/16/07, when the product was recalled.

  The topping was used in the following Carvel ice cream products:
        - Chocolate Peanut Butter
        - Peanut Butter Treasure
        - Peanut Butter & Jelly
        - Reese's Peanut Butter Cup Sundae Dasher
        - Any other customized products containing the Peanut Butter Topping, including peanut butter flavored ice cream in ice cream cakes

• J. Hungerford Smith Peanut Butter Dessert Topping in 6 lb. 10 oz. cans: This topping may be used by retail and restaurant outlets throughout the United States but is not available for direct purchase by the public.

The above peanut butter toppings and ice cream products have been recalled and should not be eaten.  If you have leftovers of the above products, DO NOT THROW THEM AWAY UNTIL YOU ARE SURE NO ONE HAS BEEN SICKENED BY THEM.  If you are sick and have eaten any of the above products, Peter Pan peanut butter or Great Value peanut butter, you should go have a stool sample tested for Salmonella.  Be sure your doctor understands that the stool sample has to be preserved for further testing if you test positive.  Please contact our law office if you have any questions.  Call toll-free at 1-888-377-8900 or e-mail Fred Pritzker at fhp@pritzkerlaw.com.