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Little Debbie Recalls Peanut Butter Snacks

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The Associated Press

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Published: January 19, 2009

WASHINGTON - The company that sells Little Debbie snacks announced a recall Sunday of peanut butter crackers because of a potential link to a deadly salmonella outbreak.

The voluntary recall came one day after the government advised consumers to avoid eating cookies, cakes, ice cream and other foods with peanut butter until health officials learn more about the contamination.

The announcement by McKee Foods Corp. of Collegedale, Tenn., about two kinds of Little Debbie products was another in a string of voluntary recalls after the most recent guidance by health officials. The South Bend Chocolate Co. in Indiana said Sunday it, too, was recalling various candies containing peanut butter from Peanut Corp. of America.

McKee said it had not received any complaints about illnesses from people who ate any size peanut butter toasty sandwich crackers or peanut butter cheese sandwich crackers. The recall covers crackers produced on or after July 1.

Officials are focusing on peanut paste and peanut butter produced at a Blakely, Ga., facility owned by Peanut Corp. Its peanut butter is not sold directly to consumers but distributed to institutions and food companies. But the peanut paste, made from roasted peanuts, is an ingredient in cookies, cakes and other products consumers can purchase.

Most peanut butter sold in jars at supermarkets appears to be safe, the Food and Drug Administration said Saturday.

Also Sunday, the maker of Peter Pan peanut butter said none of its products are associated with the outbreak.

ConAgra said it does not buy any ingredients from Peanut Corp.

Peanut Corp. has recalled all peanut butter produced at the Georgia plant since Aug. 8 and all peanut paste produced since Sept. 26.

RECALLED PRODUCTS

The list of snack foods recalled as a precautionary measure over an outbreak of salmonella linked to peanut butter and peanut butter paste produced at a Georgia plant grows. Included are:

•Little Debbie peanut butter toasty sandwich crackers or peanut butter cheese sandwich crackers produced on or after July 1 by McKee Foods Corp. of Collegedale, Tenn.

•Candy containing peanut butter manufactured by the South Bend Chocolate Co. in Indiana.

•Peanut butter cookies sold at Wal-Mart and manufactured by Ralcorp Frozen Bakery Products of Chicago.

•Austin and Keebler branded peanut butter sandwich crackers, and some snack-size packs of Famous Amos peanut butter cookies and Keebler Soft Batch Homestyle peanut butter cookies made by The Kellogg Co.

•Hy-Vee Inc. of West Des Moines, Iowa, a supermarket chain, recalled products made with peanut butter in its bakery departments in Iowa, Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota and Minnesota.

•Ice cream products made by Perry's Ice Cream Co. in Akron, N.Y. The ice cream containing peanut butter is distributed in New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland and Virginia.

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