Salmonella Outbreak in Peanut Butter Products

Crossposted with permission:

There is a Salmonella outbreak in peanut butter containing products. There’s a searchable database on the FDA’s web site to look up anything that may have been recalled, but it’s best to NO T eat anything you have in your pantry that has peanut butter in it, like peanut butter crackers especially. Your JARS OF PEANU T BU T T ER are SAFE! And I just saw that PetSmart is voluntarily recalling seven of its Grreat Choice Dog Biscuit products that contain peanut paste made by Peanut Corporation of America (PCA). Here is more info about it:

· Small Assorted 32 oz., UPC 73725702900

· Small/Medium Assorted 4 lb., UPC 73725700601

· Small/Medium Assorted 8 lb., UPC 73725700605

· Small/Medium Assorted 10 lb., UPC 73725702755

· Large Assorted 8 lb., UPC 73725700638

· Extra Large Assorted 8 lb., UPC 73725700779

· Peanut Butter 4 lb., UPC 73725700766

Customers who purchased the recalled dog biscuit products should discontinue use immediately and can return the product to any PetSmart store for a complete refund or exchange. Customers can visit www.petsmartfacts. com for more information or contact PetSmart Customer Service at 1-888-839-9638.

Here’s the link to the FDA web site to look up products you may have. T hey update it every day.

http://www.accessda ta.fda.gov/ scripts/peanutbu tterrecall/ index.cfm

This looks like it may be the biggest recall of peanut butter containing products in history. Watch the news, the FDA web site, and the CDC web site: http://www.cdc. gov/salmonella/ typhimurium. Since the dog biscuits were just recalled, we will have something on our web site today about what to do with your pets. And that would be ME making sure that info is up there! If you fed your dogs or cats any peanut butter containing products, and they start to get bloody diarrhea or stool with a lot of mucus, call your vet right away. Most will get over it but others might require antibiotics. Dispose of the stool properly as Salmonella can shed from up to 30 days to a year!