The Center for Food Safety announced today (23rd) that American brand Jif's Creamy Peanut Butter bottles and cups, and Crunchy Peanut Butter bottled peanut butter may be contaminated with pathogenic bacteria Salmonella, and the products are produced at a factory in Lexington, Kentucky, USA. The batch numbers are 1274425 to 2140425. The CFS urges the public not to eat them. Traders who have the affected products should immediately stop using or selling them.
Jif Creamy Peanut Butter.
(the Internet)
The peanut butter suspected of being contaminated with Salmonella is Creamy Peanut Butter from Jif, an American brand, with a net weight of 454 grams per bottle. The expiry dates are November 12, 2023, January 7, 2024, January 8, 2024, and February 11, 2024. Today; the same Creamy Peanut Butter Portion Control Cup, 21g net weight per cup, with expiry dates of October 13, 2022, November 5, 2022 and November 21, 2022.
Jif Crunchy Peanut Butter.
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Another Crunchy Peanut Butter, also under the Jif brand, has a net weight of 454 grams per bottle and has an expiry date of November 16, 2023, January 16, 2024, and February 7, 2024.
Jif Crunchy Peanut Butter.
(the Internet)
Lot numbers are 1274425 to 2140425
A spokesman for the CFS said that through the Food Incident Surveillance System, the CFS was informed that the US Food and Drug Administration and the Canadian authorities had issued separate notices that some Jif peanut butter products were being recalled locally due to possible Salmonella contamination.
The affected products are manufactured at the U.S. facility in Lexington, Kentucky, and have batch numbers 1274425 to 2140425, all ending in 425.
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The CFS has contacted major local importers and retailers to follow up, and received a notification from the importer, Lottery Association Limited, that the affected products mentioned above had been imported into Hong Kong.
The importers concerned have stopped selling and removed the affected products from the shelves, and have taken the initiative to recall them.
Members of the public can call its hotline 2898 3252 during office hours to inquire about product recalls.
The spokesman added that Salmonella infection can cause fever and gastrointestinal discomfort such as vomiting, abdominal pain and diarrhoea.
Such pathogenic bacteria may have serious effects on infants, the elderly and people with weakened immune systems, and may even lead to death. We appeal to the public to stop consuming the affected products mentioned above. It should also stop using or selling immediately.
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