We've been closely following the recalls associated with Salmonella tainted peanut butter produced by Peanut Corporation of America. This nationwide outbreak has sickened more than 400 people since October 2008 and are thought to be involved with the deaths of 6 people.

National brands of jarred peanut butter are not affected by the PCA recall, as those companies do not purchase ingredients from PCA.. But since PCA is a supplier to the food industry, quite a few peanut butter cookies are crackers have been recalled by companies that use PCA. The FDA has a list of peanut butter products recalled. The list includes:

• Austin and Keebler Peanut Butter Sandwich Crackers and select snack-size packs of Famous Amos Peanut Butter Cookies and Keebler Soft Batch Homestyle Peanut Butter Cookies (all produced by Kellogg's). The FDA has actually confirmed the presence of Salmonella was found in one package of Austin Quality Foods Toasty Crackers with Peanut Butter.
• Blanton's Peanut Butter Sticks
• Chef Pierre Chocolate Peanut Butter Silk Pie by Sara Lee
• Classic Breaks Peanut Butter Cookie Dough produced by Country Maid.
• Clif and Luna branded bars containing peanut butter.
• Famous Amos
• Keebler
• Landies Milk Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups
• Larabar Peanut Butter Cookie flavor and JamFrakas Peanut Butter Blisscrisp flavor snack bars (General Mills).
• Little Debbie Peanut Butter Toasty Crackers and Little Debbie Peanut Butter Cheese Crackers (McKee Foods).
• Lofthouse brand peanut butter cookies.
• Nature's Path Peanut Butter Optimum Energy Bars.
• NutriSystem-branded Peanut Butter Granola Bar
• Perry's Ice Cream products.
• Raincreek Baking Company (multiple products including Sinbad Sweets)
• Ready Pac Cool Cuts Celery with Peanut Butter, Trader Joe's Celery with Peanut Butter, Eating Right Apples with Peanut Butter, Eating Right Celery with Peanut Butter.
• ZonePerfect(R) Chocolate Peanut Butter Bars, ZonePerfect(R) Peanut Toffee Bars and NutriPals(TM) Peanut Butter Chocolate Bars (Abbott Nutrition).
• The South Bend Chocolate Company.
• Uncle Eddies Vegan Peanut Butter & Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies

• Grocery Stores: Avanza Supermarket, Chef Jay's, Econofoods, Family Fresh Market, Family Thrift Center, Food Bonanza, Food Lion, Hy-Vee , Kroger, Meijer, Pick'n Save (Ohio stores in Van Wert and Ironton only), Prairie Market, SunMart Foods,Trader Joes, Wal-Mart, Wegmans, Wholesale Food Outlet.

Some companies have made statements to assure consumers that they are not supplied by PCA and as such, their products are safe for consumption.

List of Products Not Affected by the Peanut Butter Recall
• Dreyers ice cream brands including: Dreyer's, Edy's, Haagen-Dazs, Nestle, Frosty Paws, Eskimo Pie, Fruit Bars and The Skinny Cow brands.
• Girl Scout Cookies.
• Kashi products.
• Lance peanut butter crackers including ToastChee, Reduced Fat ToastChee, Toasty, Reduced Fat Toasty, Captain's Wafers Peanut Butter and Honey, Malt Peanut Butter, Wheat Crackers with Peanut Butter, and Nekot.
• M&M products including M&M Peanut Butter Chocolate Candies, Snickers and Snickers brand Ice Cream, Twix Peanut Butter Cookie Bars, Kudos Peanut Butter Granola Bars and Ethel M Chocolates.
• Nature Valley
• Quaker Oats products.
• Reese's Peanut Butter Cup
• The J. M. Smucker Company peanut butter products including Smucker's, Jif, Smucker's Uncrustables, Adams, Laura Scudder's, Eagle Brand and Pillsbury brands.
• Tiger's Milk nutrition bars.

Our previous updates can be found here and here.