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NMR: PSA about peanut butter items

brideseabridesea
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Some of you may know that IRL I am a food safety lawyer.  I'm working on the peanut butter salmonella outbreak, and just wanted to reiterate to you all: please avoid peanut butter products (jars of pb are ok, but products containing pb may be tainted, such as cookies, granola & power bars, crackers, ice cream, etc).  Check FDA.gov for updates on specific products, and when in doubt, throw it out. 

(BTW, my second day back at work after maternity leave and I had to do an interview with NBC Nightly News on this issue, so I am pretty overwhelmed!)

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  • april062604april062604
    thanks. ?i've thrown everything out. ?just not worth it. ?how's that for breaking back into work gently...yipes! you went straight into the fire...
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  • JessarellaJessarella
    Um, I have Nestle Tollhouse Peanut Butter Brownie's in the oven right now. I checked the website and searched for them and they weren't on the list... I am very frightened to eat these now... But they smell OH SO GOOD! what to do... what to do...Huh?
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  • brideseabridesea

    To be honest, I wouldn't.  Out of an abundance of caution perhaps, but the outbreak is still ongoing and therefore new products can be added to the list everyday.  This strain of salmonella is particularly rough for kids-- 20% of the 500 illnesses so far are children under 5 years old.  (50% of the illnesses are under 16.)  And so far this strain seems resistant to heat, so baking may not kill it.

    Sorry to be a party pooper.  Just my two cents. 

     

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  • april062604april062604
    there have been 11 deaths. ?chalk the cookies up to a really good air freshner and when they're done cooking throw them out. ?it's just not worth it.
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  • JessarellaJessarella

    Dang! Ok, you talked me out of them :(

     

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  • MNheidiMNheidi member
    Peanut Butter cups?
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  • SNL0605SNL0605

    any word on the dates of the products?

    meaning, we have nutter butter cookies in the house and had been eating them, with no issues...should we toss them?

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  • jlc071903jlc071903 member

    Thanks...I knew there was actually a benefit to never having time to go to the grocery store...the only pb items we potentially have in the house are from WAY long ago. Scary I know, but hey a benefit I never thought I'd be happy about!

     

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