BATTLE CREEK, Mich., Jan. 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Kellogg Company today announced a voluntary recall of certain Austin® and Keebler® branded Peanut Butter Sandwich Crackers and select snack-size packs of Famous Amos® Peanut Butter Cookies and Keebler® Soft Batch Homestyle Peanut Butter Cookies because the products have the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella. No other products are involved in this recall.
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On January 14, Kellogg announced a precautionary hold on the sandwich crackers while FDA and other authorities investigated Peanut Corporation of America (PCA), one of Kellogg's peanut paste suppliers for these crackers. PCA has expanded their earlier recall to include peanut paste and peanut butter, prompting Kellogg to immediately announce this recall and to include the above- mentioned cookie and cracker products.
'The actions we are taking today are in keeping with our more than 100- year commitment to providing consumers with safe, high-quality products,' said David Mackay, president and CEO, Kellogg Company. 'We apologize for this unfortunate situation.'
Salmonella is an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems. Healthy persons infected with Salmonella often experience fever, diarrhea (which may be bloody), nausea, vomiting and abdominal pain. In rare circumstances, infection with Salmonella can result in the organism getting into the bloodstream and producing more severe illnesses such as arterial infections (i.e., infected aneurysms), endocarditis and arthritis. For more information on Salmonella, please visit the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Website at http://www.cdc.gov.
Consumers who have purchased the recalled products are urged to destroy the product. Consumers with questions or who would like a refund may contact the Kellogg Consumer Response Center at 877-869-5633. Consumers with questions or concerns about their health should contact their doctor. Products impacted by the recall were produced on or after July 1, 2008, including:
With 2007 sales of nearly $12 billion, Kellogg Company is the world's leading producer of cereal and a leading producer of convenience foods, including cookies, crackers, toaster pastries, cereal bars, frozen waffles, and meat alternatives. The company's brands include Kellogg's, Keebler, Pop-Tarts, Eggo, Cheez-It, Club, Nutri-Grain, Rice Krispies, Special K, All-Bran, Mini-Wheats, Morningstar Farms, Famous Amos, Ready Crust and Kashi. Kellogg products are manufactured in 19 countries and marketed in more than 180 countries around the world. For more information, visit the Kellogg Company Web site at www.kelloggcompany.com.
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Bill Rector of Blaine, Wash., didn’t know about a nationwide recall of peanut butter products until he and his 3-year-old daughter already had been hospitalized with salmonella poisoning.
“That's the first we heard of it,” he said.
But that was back in January, when the 32-year-old meat cutter said he and his toddler were sickened by Austin Quality Foods crackers linked to a still-widening food poisoning outbreak. Since then, word has spread, he said.
Or so you’d think.
Nearly two months after the initial recalls, and despite massive publicity about the salmonella scare linked to faulty practices at a Georgia peanut processing plant, federal health officials are worried that some consumers still haven’t gotten the message.
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About half of the new cases of confirmed salmonella infection continue to show up in people who ate Austin or Keebler peanut butter crackers manufactured by the Kellogg Co., according to officials from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
That includes illnesses that began as recently as Feb. 13, long after retailers and health officials thought they’d issued adequate warnings.
“That’s somebody who got sick even after the news got out,” said Dr. Robert Tauxe, chief of the CDC’s foodborne disease program. “Not everybody gets the message — and not everybody acts on it.”
Courtesy of Shannon RectorThe crackers are only a fraction of more than 3,400 products recalled for fear of contamination linked to food processing plants run by the now-bankrupt Peanut Corp. of America. Still, they account for the largest share of the food poisoning cases that have sickened 684 people in 46 states and Canada and contributed to nine deaths.
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That’s likely because it appears that the most virulent doses of salmonella bacteria showed up in the Austin and Keebler crackers and in King Nut brand peanut butter that went to certain health care facilities, said Ernest Julian, who heads an industry workgroup for the Council to Improve Foodborne Outbreak Response.
'The biggest slug of contamination was associated with those products,' he said.
But part of the problem also may be that many of the recalled foods can last a while and families might not have checked their cupboards, Tauxe said.
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A memo to military families from Kellogg’s pegs the shelf life of the Austin Toasty Peanut Butter Sandwich Crackers and Cheese and Peanut Butter Sandwich Crackers Crackers at 240 days, with a product safety guideline that extends to 450 days.
“I’m worried that they still have them,” Tauxe said.
Massive recalls sparking ‘mass confusion’
Part of the problem may also be with the sheer size and scope of the recalls, which are continuing daily, and the difficulty of communicating to so many stores and consumers, Julian added.
“It’s creating mass confusion in the food industry,” Julian said. “How do you tell the good stuff from the bad stuff?”
Spot-checks of retailers suggest that some stores may not have pulled all recalled products, or that they may have put new shipments of food on shelves, even though the new products also were included in the recall, Julian said.
A spokeswoman for Kellogg’s said the firm was the first to recall products and that it has aggressively worked with its employees and a third-party vendor to warn consumers about the problem and to remove potentially tainted foods from public reach.
“The vast majority of Austin and Keebler peanut butter crackers are now off shelf,” Kris Charles, a company spokeswoman, said in an e-mail.
The federal Food and Drug Administration requests, but does not require, proof that recalled products have been destroyed, a spokesman said. Currently, there is no system to monitor recalls, Julian noted.
Retailers and health officials are continuing to urge consumers to check the FDA’s recall list frequently and to avoid the products identified. Salmonella infections are usually mild, but they can be severe and, in some cases, life threatening.
Bill for salmonella treatment? $30,000
There are no more peanut butter crackers at Bill Rector’s house, said the father of Payton, 3, and two other daughters, Krimson, 11, and Abigail, 9. Bill and Payton were the only family members who became ill from the snacks.
SalmonellaSalmonella poisoning linked to the outbreak was confirmed in Payton, who had to be hospitalized for days. Bill Rector’s illness was suspected, but not confirmed, he said. Bills for their care have totaled more than $30,000, Rector said, with about $6,000 not covered by health insurance.
Because Rector works with food, he also lost two weeks of work until state health officials cleared him to return.
Rector and his wife, Shannon, 29, have sought the services of Bill Marler, a Seattle lawyer who specializes in food safety cases. They hope to recover the costs of medical expenses.
“It’s pretty scary,” said Rector. “I wasn’t worried for myself as much as for my daughter.”
A salmonella infection in a toddler can be severe, even life threatening, Rector noted. And news that PCA officials knew the peanut products were contaminated and released them anyway just makes him mad.
“It’s a pretty bad situation,” he said. “It’s pretty wrong.”
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BATTLE CREEK, Mich. – Kellogg Company (NYSE: K) today announced that it is voluntarily recalling certain varieties and limited dates of production of Mother's®, Keebler®, Kellogg's® Special K® brownies, Murray® and Famous Amos® snacks and cookies because they may contain undeclared peanut residue. Kellogg initiated the recall after its supplier, Grain Craft, recalled wheat flour that has the potential to contain low levels of peanut residue.
While consumers with severe peanut allergies should avoid the recalled products, the FDA has stated that the amount of peanut exposure from the flour is low and not expected to cause adverse health effects in the vast majority of peanut allergic consumers. The company has received no reports of related illness to date and is taking this action out of an abundance of caution.
HOW TO IDENTIFY THE RECALLED PRODUCT
The following products were distributed throughout the United States and Puerto Rico:
Description (Retail) | UPC Code | Size | Better If Used Before Date |
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Keebler® Gripz® Variety On the Go Pack | 30100 10525 | 14 Count | DEC 09 16 thru DEC 11 16 |
Keebler® Gripz® Grahams Cinnamon | 300501 | 0.9 oz. | JAN 07 17 |
Keebler® Chips Deluxe® Gripz® Mighty Tiny Chocolate Chip Cookies | 300031 | 0.9 oz. | JAN 08 17 |
Keebler® Animals Crackers 2.4 oz. Cup | 30100 10850 | 2.4 oz. Cup | DEC 19 16 thru Jan 04 17 |
Keebler® E.L. Fudge® Double Stuffed Sandwich Cookies | 30100 20363 | 12.0 oz. | JAN 06 2017 thru JAN 08 2017 |
Keebler® Mini Sandies® Shortbread Cookies | 30100 73970 | 1.0 oz. | DEC 30 16 |
Keebler® Cookie Dough Minis | 30100 10902 | 2.5 oz. | Jan 02 17 |
Keebler® Disney Frozen Graham Snacks Cinnamon On the Go Caddy | 30100 10955 | 12 count | JAN 05 17; JAN 20 17 thru JAN 21 17 |
Keebler® Disney Frozen Graham Snacks Cinnamon 2.2 oz. Cup | 30100 10957 | 2.2 oz. Cup | JAN 06 17 |
Famous Amos® Chocolate Chip cookies 2.7 oz. Cup | 76677 10033 | 2.7 oz. Cup | DEC 11 16; DEC 14 16 thru DEC 15 16 |
Famous Amos® Cookies Chocolate Chip cookies 12.4 oz. | 76677 54104 | 12.4 oz. | JAN 11 17 thru JAN 13 17 |
Famous Amos® Double Chocolate Chip cookies | 76677 10060 | 12.4 oz. | JAN 04 17 thru JAN 05 17 |
Famous Amos® Chocolate Chip Pecan cookies | 76677 54107 | 12.4 oz. | JAN 14 17 |
Kellogg's® Special K® Mini Brownies Blondie | 38000 73819 | 6 count | JAN 01 2017 thru JAN 02 2017 |
Kellogg's® Special K® Mini Brownies Fudge | 38000 76434 | 6 count | JAN 03 2017 |
Mother's® Double Chocolate Chip Minis Cookies | 27800 10012 | 12 oz. | JAN 05 17 |
Murray® Ginger Snaps Old Fashioned Ginger Cookies | 82011 10007 | 16 oz. | JAN 01 17; JAN 04 17 |
Keebler® Honey Grahams | 30100 38406 | 200 count | DEC 31 16 thru JAN 02 17 |
Keebler® Honey Grahams | 30100 20248 | 30 count | DEC 31 16 thru JAN 03 17 |
Keebler® Graham Cracker Crumbs | 30100 15347 | 160 oz. | DEC 31 16 |
Keebler® Premium Whole Chocolate Crèmes | 30100 45953 | 25 lbs. | JAN 01 17 |
Keebler® Animal Totes | 30100 49509 | 400 lbs. | JUN 01 16 |
Keebler® Graham Cracker Crumbs | 30100 16154 | 400 oz. | DEC 31 16 |
Images of these products can be found at www.Kelloggs.com/FlourRecall. No other Kellogg products are impacted by this recall.
Kellogg is asking that people who purchased affected product discard it and contact the company for a full refund. Consumers can call 1-800-962-1413, Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. – 6 p.m. ET or by visiting https://www.kelloggs.com/en_US/contact-us.html