The peanut butter recall from Trader Joe's grocery stores last month has now go on to cause 76 more peanut butter brands to be recalled from multiple retailers.
As of this week, the number of products affected has grown to 101, including brands sold at major chains like Target and Whole Foods.
In an ongoing recall of peanut and almond butter products over possible salmonella contamination, New Mexico-based Sunland Inc. announced Monday it expanded its recall yet again to include cashew butters, tahini and blanched and roasted peanut products sold at many U.S. supermarkets, the Associated Press noted.
A complete list of specific products subject to the Sunland recall can be found on the company's website. The product brands include Archer Farms, Earth Balance, Fresh & Easy, Heinen's, Jospeph's, Natural Value, Open Nature, Peanut Power Butter, "Serious Food, Silly Prices," Snaclite, Sprout's, Sunland, Crunchy Sugar Butter, Creamy Sugar Butter, Dogsbutter, Trader Joe's, and Harry & David.
The Centers for Disease Control reports 30 people have become sick, including four who required hospitalization. There has been a Salmonella outbreak in 19 states so far. Luckily, no one has died from this outbreak of the Salmonella Bredeney strain.
The CDC says Trader's Joe's Creamy Salty Valencia Peanut Butter with Sea Salt is a likely source of the illnesses.
Salmonella can cause diarrhea, fever and abdominal cramps 12 hours to 72 hours after infection, which is known as salmonellosis. It is most dangerous to children, the elderly and others with weak immune systems.
