Snack giants Keebler, Little Debbie, General Mills and Austin are recalling peanut butter treats in the wake of the salmonella-tainted peanut butter scare from last week.

Though there have been no complaints about illnesses from the Little Debbie snacks specifically, the company is still recalling peanut butter toasty sandwich crackers and peanut butter cheese sandwich crackers made since July 1.

General Mills is recalling their popular LARABAR Peanut Butter Cookie and JamFrakas Peanut Butter Blisscrisp snack bars.

The Hy-Vee supermarket chain is recalling bakery products that contain peanut butter, and Ralcorp Frozen Bakery Products, which sells through Wal-Mart has recalled several brands of peanut butter cookies. ZonePerfect Chocolate Peanut Butter bars and Peanut toffee bars have also been added to the list.

South Bend Chocolate Co. has also issued a voluntary recall of certain candies manufactured with possibly tainted peanut butter.

Many other snack and candy companies are coming forward to say their treats are safe, such as Mars, Tastykake, and Hershey.

There have been nearly 500 cases of illness and six deaths linked to the salmonella outbreak.

Basically, steer clear of ready-made peanut butter snacks for a while (jarred peanut butter is not affected by any recalls — yet).

[image: flickr]

Post from: Chocolate Bytes

Here’s what happened last week.  The Hershey’s chocolate factory in Smith’s Falls, Ontario issued a recall of certain products because they felt there was salmonella contamination at the plant.  There are saying that none of the products involved were produced for Hallowe’en or Christmas, and that most of them had actually not even made it to store shelves yet.  But, to be on the safe side you can check the date code that is on the back of the package.  Date codes from 6417 to 6455 are the ones that have been recalled.  This Hershey’s plant remains shut down for now.  I guess the workers will just have to stay home and eat chocolate for the time being.

Post from: Chocolate Bytes