Salmonella Warning

[Odonata]

Hooray.


www.wate.com/story/26319731/peanut-almond-butter-recalled-for-salmonella-risk


NEW YORK (AP) - A unit of Hain Celestial Group Inc. is recalling some peanut and almond butter because of possible salmonella contamination.



The company said Tuesday that there have been reports of four illnesses that may be related to the nut butters. They were sold under the brand names Arrowhead Mills peanut butters and MaraNatha almond butters and peanut butters. Also being recalled were some lots of private label almond butter from grocers Whole Foods, Trader Joe's, Kroger and Safeway. A total of 45 production lots are affected.



They were sold in Canada, the Dominican Republic, Hong Kong and the United Arab Emirates as well as the U.S.



The Lake Success, New York, company said it learned of the contamination risk after routine FDA testing.



The Food and Drug Administration said it did not know how many jars of nut butters were recalled. The company would not comment.



Typical symptoms of salmonella infection are nausea, vomiting, diarrhea and abdominal pain. These symptoms generally develop within one to three days of exposure to the bacterium and may last for up to a week. While anyone can become ill from exposure to salmonella, health officials say the risk of infection is particularly high for children, the elderly and those with weakened immune systems.



There have been several major salmonella outbreaks in recent years, including infected peanuts that sickened more than 700 people in 2008 and 2009 and Foster Farms chicken that is linked to a strain of salmonella that has made more than 500 people sick over the last year and a half.

[ngdgtco]

Ugh. I've eaten half a jar of the TJ's almond butter over the last couple of weeks, but I haven't had it in at least three days, so I am going to assume if I'm not feeling sick I'm probably fine. Tossing the rest of it, for sure, though!

[thatgirl2478]

finally, one that doesn't affect me...

Hope no one else here got the tainted nut butter.

[FastHands]

I've had salmonella. It is not fun, and I'm sure less fun while pg (at least immodium is pg-approved! Lol), but you know fairly quickly that something is up at least. No crazy 4 week incubation like listeria. I also don't think the risk to baby is anywhere near as dire.

Still, good to know!!

[FastHands]

Aug 19, 2014 22:12:29 GMT -5 thatgirl2478 said:

finally, one that doesn't affect me...

Hope no one else here got the tainted nut butter.

"Tainted nut butter" sounds so dirty.

[imimahoney]

It's just the raw ones, not roasted ones thankfully.

[rachelgreen]

Aug 19, 2014 23:58:09 GMT -5 FastHands said:

Aug 19, 2014 22:12:29 GMT -5 thatgirl2478 said:

finally, one that doesn't affect me...

Hope no one else here got the tainted nut butter.

"Tainted nut butter" sounds so dirty.

/ded

[catscatscats]

I've been eating this for the last five days. Awesome. I have no idea what is safe to eat anymore.

[Deleted]

The 'upside' if there is one is that the samonella won't affect baby like listeria. It just makes mommy sick

[FastHands]

Aug 20, 2014 7:52:54 GMT -5 catscatscats said:

I've been eating this for the last five days. Awesome. I have no idea what is safe to eat anymore.

Truly, don't stress yourself over this. Chances of you being impacted are small to begin with. If you start having bad gi symptoms, just get to the dr and let them know. I had an AWFUL case that I ignored for like 2 weeks before going to the dr (usually runs its course on its own in about a week, but I was also getting over bronchitis), but even with that bad of a case, I was back to normal after 2 doses of the abx course. It's definitely not pleasant, but it won't land you in the hospital or threaten the little one. No worries!

[Odonata]

Very true that Salmonella does not pose a direct risk to baby like Listeria, but it does suck to have!

Sorry to cause anyone extra stress but I figured I would send an FYI because who really needs to be puking (out both ends) on top of everything else right now?