PHILIPSBURG:--- The Center for disease control (CDC) has issued a recall for Jif’s peanut butter due to Salmonella outbreak in the USA.
Jif’s creamy, crunchy, natural, and reduced-fat peanut butter has been linked to a salmonella outbreak across 12 states that has left 14 ill, with two people being hospitalized. Side effects from salmonella poisoning include fever, diarrhea, nausea, and vomiting.
The J.M. Smucker Co. announced a voluntary recall Friday of some Jif peanut butter products for potential salmonella contamination. The company said that jars with lot codes 1274425 through 2140425 have been recalled and should be disposed of.
Jif is sold at retailers nationwide in the United States and also sold in all supermarkets in St. Maarten
Reported salmonella cases are in Arkansas, Georgia, Illinois, Massachusetts, Missouri, Ohio, North Carolina, New York, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia, and Washington.
J.M. Smucker Co., the parent company for the popular peanut butter brand, issued a voluntary recall on Friday. The Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and local partners are investigating the outbreak that so far spans 12 states.
Currently, 14 people have reported illnesses and two of those cases have resulted in hospitalizations, according to data provided by the CDC.
Shoppers in St. Maarten have reported that they purchased the recalled peanut butter in Carrefour and Prime since no warning was issued locally. Neither are controls being done to remove the recalled products from shelves.
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