JIF recall expanded to 69 Other Products

Candy and snacks made with Jif peanut butter recalled for salmonella concerns

The Jif peanut butter recall has rapidly expanded in the past week and it now affects at least 69 other products. This is due to the many companies that use peanut butter in their own chocolates, peanut butter sandwiches, and more.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a statement Monday saying that the tainted Jif peanut butter made at least 14 people from 12 different states sick, with two hospitalized.

According to the FDA, Del Monte and others are now included in the JIF recall:

J.M. Smucker Co.’s voluntary recall of select Jif products in the United States has prompted Fresh Del Monte to voluntarily recall fresh-cut fruit and vegetable products containing ready-to-eat Jif peanut butter dip due to the potential presence of Salmonella contamination. In response and out of an abundance of caution, Fresh Del Monte is recalling the following products, which were sold to retailers nationwide: Del Monte Apples with Peanut Butter (5 ounce) Peanut Butter Snack Pack (4.25 ounce), Apples and Peanut Butter (6 ounce, and 5.5 ounce), and Sandwich with Peanut Butter Cup.

Products subject to the voluntary recall of fresh-cut fruits and vegetables are packaged in clear plastic containers with a tamper-evident seal and identified with a Del Monte “Best If Used By” (DM BIUB) date on, or before, May 30, 2022. Consumers can identify the recalled product using the information in the table at the end of this release.

The products are being pulled from stores and vending machines across the country as federal health officials investigate a salmonella outbreak in multiple states.

The updated recall includes Walmart-branded fudge made with Jif peanut butter sold nationwide, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

More recalled products made with Jif

USA Today lists these recalled products associated with JIF :

►Albertsons. Albertsons Companies, which has more than 2,200 stores in 34 states and the District of Columbia, has voluntarily recalled 11 store-prepared items made with Jif peanut butter including its Readymeals Quad Peanut Butter, Apple, Pretzel, Brownie snack sold in 23 states at stores including ACME, Albertsons, Andronico’s Community Markets, Carrs-Safeway, Eagle, King’s, Balducci’s, Lucky, Pak ‘N Save, Safeway and Vons.

Other items were sold at stores including Haggen, Tom Thumb, United, Amigos, Market Street, Albertsons Market, Pak ‘N Save, Shaw’s, Star Market, Randalls, and Jewel-Osco.

►Fudgeamentals. The Melville, New York, company is recalling fudge made with Jif Peanut Butter, packaged in 8-ounce plastic containers and 16-ounce plastic trays.

►Fresh Del Monte. The food maker is recalling four products including Del Monte Apples with Peanut Butter sold at stores including 7-Eleven. They were identified with a “Best If Used By” date on, or before, May 30, 2022.

►Country Fresh. The Spring, Texas, company is recalling select fresh-cut fruit snack trays and fruit snack cups — containing foods such as apples, cheese, celery, pretzels and peanut butter — distributed in various retail stores in Alabama, Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Florida, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi, North Carolina, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, Vermont, Washington, D.C. and West Virginia. Some have Best By dates through June 4.

►Coblentz Chocolate Company. The Walnut Creek, Ohio, company is recalling several products including Milk Chocolate Peanut Butter Cup, Graham Peanut Butter Sandwich, Chocolate Peanut Butter Caramel Corn, and select gift boxes with assorted candies.

►Mary’s Harvest Fresh Foods Inc. The Portland, Oregon, company is recalling celery and apple to-go cups with Jif Peanut Butter, distributed in Oregon and Washington to retailers and supermarkets from Feb. 19 through May 23.

►Taher Inc. The Plymouth, Minnesota, company is recalling 6.3 ounces of Fresh Seasons Power Packs, with cheese, grapes, and other foods, as well as Jif peanut butter, distributed in Minnesota and Wisconsin in retail stores and vending machines. They have expiration dates ranging from May 24 to May 31.

►Garden Cut. The Indianapolis, Indiana, company is recalling Garden Cut fresh apple and celery to-go products distributed to seven states: Kentucky, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, West Virginia, and Wisconsin.

►Wilbur Chocolate. Food company Cargill is voluntarily recalling some Milk and Dark Chocolate Covered Peanut Butter Ritz Crackers, Peanut Butter Meltaways, Peanut Butter Eggs and Fudge sold at the Wilbur Chocolate Retail Store in Lititz, Pennsylvania, and online at Wilburbuds.com.

►Wawa. Wawa quit selling the 16-ounce Jif Creamy Peanut Butter it has sold at its stores and has recalled the apple and peanut butter dipper sold.

As before, you are urged to throw out any of these products or return them to the store.

Smucker is reimbursing people who have to throw away their peanut butter. A special web page has been created to let people submit a claim for up to five products at a time. It plans to send coupons to pay for a replacement item, but that process could take as long as six weeks.

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