trader joe's recall

lbmore33
lbmore33 Posts: 1,013 Member
edited December 2024 in Food and Nutrition
Trader Joe's peanut butter recalled for salmonella risk...


http://vitals.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/09/22/14035615-trader-joes-peanut-butter-recalled-for-salmonella-risk?lite

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  • NatashaRuz
    NatashaRuz Posts: 223
    Wow...Never had it, but it really surprises me that TJ's would have anything that got recalled.
  • AmyRhubarb
    AmyRhubarb Posts: 6,890 Member
    Dang! Just bought the crunchy variety with flax seeds the other day. Checked the info in the article though, and think mine's ok. I've been eating it & I'm not sick at any rate!
  • sugarbomb83
    sugarbomb83 Posts: 67 Member
    WOW, I just ate TJ's peanut butter 30 minutes ago but not that variety! Thanks for the info!
  • ravenchick
    ravenchick Posts: 345 Member
    bump
  • rivka_m
    rivka_m Posts: 1,007 Member
    Bump for the morning crowd.

    How in the world does peanut butter get salmonella anyway? There have been several recalls of different brands for this issue.
  • TexasRattlesnake
    TexasRattlesnake Posts: 375 Member
    How in the world does peanut butter get salmonella anyway? There have been several recalls of different brands for this issue.

    Feces from some animal is a strong possibility. A leak in the roof, for example, caused one of the early outbreaks. How salmonella got into the water that was on the roof, no one knows for sure. Maybe birds, for instance, which accumulate around peanut butter processing plants.

    The roasting of peanuts is the only step that will kill the salmonella. If contamination occurs after the roasting process, the game is over and salmonella is going to survive. Studies have shown that salmonella can survive for many months in peanut butter once it's present. Fatty foods are also more protective of salmonella, so when it gets into the acid of the stomach -- which is our first line of defense -- it may not get destroyed. Peanut butter, being a highly fatty food, could survive better.

    Note: Above info from The Scientific American
  • rivka_m
    rivka_m Posts: 1,007 Member
    Thanks, I always wondered that.
  • girlykate143
    girlykate143 Posts: 220 Member
    UPDATE: I wouldn't eat that! They recalled more:
    "The other two Trader Joe’s brands that have been recalled include Trader Joe’s Valencia Peanut Butter with Roasted Flaxseeds, Crunchy and Salted and Trader Joe’s Almond Butter with Roasted Flaxseeds, Crunchy and Salted."

    http://vitals.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/09/24/14072296-trader-joes-supplier-expands-peanut-butter-salmonella-recall
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