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Take caution this evening if you have peanut butter or boxed pasta meals within your cupboards! Young children and the elderly are the most susceptible to illness!
Parents who serve peanut butter or boxed pasta meals to their children should check the items they have on their shelves this evening! Peter Pan and Great Value Peanut Butter, mostly distributed in the Alleghenies by ConAgra foods has been recalled due to an associated outbreak of more than 300 illnesses across the country. All Peter Pan or Great Value lids, stamped with a number starting at 2111 are affected.If you suspect you have a jar of the affected peanut butter, save the lid and send it along with your name and address to: ConAgra Foods PO Box 57078 Irvine California 92619-7078 In addition, the Pennsylvania division of ConAgra Foods, Inc, in Milton, Pennsylvania has voluntarily recalled pasta and meatball meals due to under-processing. Unlike the contaminated peanut butter, the pasta and meatball meals were distributed to a much wider area nationwide, however, no illnesses from consumption of these products has been reported. When checking the FDA website, this particular recall did not appear in the days activities. Pasta Meals affected are:
If you suspect your family members have fallen ill due to ingestion of one of these products, please go see medical assistance immediately.If you have food safety questions in regards to these products, can contact “Ask Karen,” the FSIS virtual representative available 24 hours per day at AskKaren.gov. You may also call the toll-free USDA Meat and Poultry hotline at 1-888-674-6854 between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. Monday through Friday.
The copyright of the article Food Recalls in Early Childhood is owned by Connie Newbauer. Permission to republish Food Recalls in print or online must be granted by the author in writing.
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