More peanut butter products made with recalled Jif pulled from stores

Candy and trail mix made with remembered the Jif peanut butter they are among dozens of products being taken out of stores across the country as federal health officials investigate a multistate salmonella outbreak.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a public safety alert on Monday saying at least 14 people from 12 states had been infected, with two hospitalized. “Four of the five people interviewed reported that they had eaten different types of Jif brand peanut butter before they got sick,” the agency said.

The JM Smucker Co. at the end of last week recalled several types of Jif brand peanut butter sold in the U.S., and in Canada, including creamy, crunchy, natural, and low-fat. The strain of the Salmonella Senftenberg outbreak was found at a JM Smucker plant in Lexington, Kentucky, according to the Food and Drug Administration.

The actual number of sick people and affected states is likely to be higher, as some are recovering without being tested, according to the CDC. “This product has a very long shelf life, so be sure to check any Jif peanut butter you have at home to make sure it has not recovered,” he added.

Salmonella can cause symptoms such as fever, diarrhea, nausea, vomiting and abdominal pain. It can be serious and sometimes fatal for children as well as frail and elderly people. Most people with Salmonella develop symptoms between six hours and six days after being exposed to the bacterium.

All include recalled peanut butter batch codes include the numbers 1274425-2140425, with “425” at the end of the first seven digits.

In addition to Jif jars, snack products containing the remembered peanut butter are now attracting regulatory scrutiny. Cargill said Monday it recalled 795 boxes of 8-ounce candy and other snacks made from recalled peanut butter, according to an FDA notice.

This includes dark chocolate-covered Ritz milk and peanut butter cookies, melted peanut butter, peanut butter and caramel eggs that are sold locally at the Wilbur Chocolate retail store in Lititz, Pennsylvania and online at Wilburbuds.com.

Albertsons Companies said it withdrew 11 in-store ready-made products, including peanut butter mini cakes and peanut butter-cut apples sold at stores such as ACME, Albertsons, Eagle, Jewel-Osco, Tom Thumb Safeway and Vons (see list full of products and stores here.)

Meanwhile, the giant eagle is remembering GetGo apple slices with peanut butter sold through May 13 by GetGo stations in Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia. The snacks had the UPC code: 30034 93770 6 and the expiration dates until May 29, 2022.

The CDC estimates that about 1.3 million Americans are infected with salmonella each year, with 26,500 hospitalized and 420 dying as a result.