Salmonella outbreak prompts recall of peanut butter products

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Salmonella outbreak prompts recall of peanut butter products

There has been an outbreak of salmonella infections and several companies have recalled products that contain Jif peanut butter.

Ten companies have already announced they are pulling products from shelves since The J.M. Smucker Co. issued a recall last Friday for Jif peanut butter products sold nationwide because of potential salmonella contamination.

Eight new entries have been added to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's recall page over the past two days.

The impacted products were sold in many well known stores, from Wawa to retail behemoth Walmart.

Albertsons Cos., one of the largest food and drug retailers in the nation, issued a recall for 11 store-prepared items sold at over 20 grocery stores. This includes Albertsons, Safeway, Pak N Save, Shaw's, Star Market, Randalls, Vons and Balducci's.

To date, no of the companies have reported any illnesses or injuries related to their products.

Federal health officials have been investigating the outbreak that has been linked to certain Jif products produced at the company's facility in Lexington, Kentucky, according to the FDA.

Some Jif brand peanut butters may be contaminated with Salmonella Senftenberg and are making people sick, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC in a notice.

14 people have fallen ill and two others have been hospitalized. The actual number of people who are sick is likely to be higher, according to the CDC.

Smucker Co. previously told FOX Business it was confident that it has defined the scope of the recall and that it hasn't been isolated to its Lexington manufacturing facility.

According to the company, no of its other products or peanut-butter-producing facilities have been impacted in any way.

Salmonella symptoms can include fever, diarrhea, nausea, vomiting and abdominal pain. The organism can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems, according to the FDA.