The following is a press release submitted by the Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection.
The Department of Consumer Protection is notifying consumers that new information from the Food and Drug Administration indicates that Sunland, Inc. a producer of numerous brands and types of nut butter products, has now voluntarily recalled a number of its products, including the Trader Joe’s Creamy Salted Valencia Peanut Butter and two other Trader Joe’s items for risk of Salmonella contamination.
“This expanded recall affects a far greater number of brands than earlier believed, and it’s important that consumers, school cafeterias, restaurants, hospitals and other food preparation sites check their cabinets for these recalled items,” Consumer Protection Commissioner William M. Rubenstein said. “Anyone who has any of the recalled nut butters should not eat them, but return them to the store where purchased for a full refund. The Department will work to oversee and ensure compliance with this recall.”
According to the company press release, Sunland, Inc. Almond Butter and Peanut Butter products, manufactured between May 1, 2012 and September 24, 2012 may be contaminated with Salmonella, an organism that can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and those with weakened immune systems.
Between June 11, 2012 and September 2, 2012, twenty-nine people including three in Connecticut reported Salmonella Bredeney PFGE matching illnesses. Other states reporting illness include Washington, California, Arizona, Texas, Louisiana, Missouri, Illinois, Minnesota, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, New York, Rhode Island, North Carolina, Virginia, New Jersey and Maryland, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The recall is being conducted in cooperation with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The products were distributed nationally to numerous large supermarket chains.
This recall applies to the following products with Best-If-Used-By Dates between May 1, 2013 and September 24, 2013. (Stamped on the side of the jar's label below the lid of the jar.) The UPC is located on the side of the jar’s label below the bar code.
UPC
Type of product
Jar Size
00989275
Trader Joe's Valencia Peanut Butter with Roasted Flaxseeds, Crunchy and Salted
16 oz
00971119
Trader Joe's Valencia Creamy Salted Peanut Butter with Sea Salt
16 oz
00940795
Trader Joe's Almond Butter with Roasted Flaxseeds, Crunchy & Salted
16 oz
8523902334
Archer Farms Creamy Almond Butter
16 oz
8523902333
Archer Farms Peanut Butter with Flax Seeds
16 oz
3377610090
Earth Balance Natural Almond Butter and Flaxseed
16 oz
051379022518
fresh & easy Crunchy Almond Butter
16 oz
20003357
fresh & easy Organic Creamy Peanut Butter with Sea Salt
16 oz
20003364
fresh & easy Creamy Peanut Butter
18 oz
20003388
fresh & easy Organic Crunchy Peanut Butter with Sea Salt
16 oz
051379026431
fresh & easy Creamy Peanut Butter
40 oz
20003395
fresh & easy Creamy Almond Butter
16 oz
20003357
fresh & easy Organic Creamy Peanut Butter with Sea Salt
16 oz
20003371
fresh & easy Crunchy Peanut Butter
18 oz
2060140048
heinen's All Natural Peanut Butter, Creamy
16 oz
2060140047
heinen's All Natural Peanut Butter, Crunchy
16 oz
2060140046
heinen's Organic Peanut Butter, Creamy
16 oz
2060140045
heinen's Organic Peanut Butter, Crunchy
16 oz
3307915073
Joseph's Salt-Free No Sugar Added New Crunchy Valencia Peanut Butter
18 oz
3307915072
Joseph's Salt-Free No Sugar Added New Creamy Valencia Peanut Butter
18 oz
910053
Natural Value Creamy Peanut Butter/Salt
15 lb
910060
Natural Value Crunchy Peanut Butter/Salt
15 lb
5859500020
Naturally More Organic Peanut Butter
16 oz
5859500019
Naturally More Almond Butter
16 oz
5859500033
Naturally More Peanut Butter Crunchy
16 oz
5859500055
Naturally More Peanut Butter, Gluten Free Vegan
26 oz
5859500050
Naturally More Peanut Butter, Gluten Free Vegan
16 oz
7989311202
Open Nature Crunchy Peanut Butter
16 oz
7989311201
Open Nature Old Fashioned Creamy Peanut Butter
16 oz
5855200003
Peanut Power Butter, Original Formula
16 oz
5855200007
Peanut Power Butter, Original Formula
4 lb
4792100442
Serious Food, Silly Prices Almond Butter Creamy
12 oz
4792100439
Serious Food, Silly Prices Organic No-Stir Peanut Butter, Crunchy
16 oz
4792100438
Serious Food, Silly Prices Organic No-Stir Peanut Butter, Creamy
16 oz
4792100436
Serious Food, Silly Prices Organic Peanut Butter, Creamy
16 oz
4792100435
Serious Food, Silly Prices, No-Stir Peanut Butter, Crunchy
16 oz
4792100434
Serious Food, Silly Prices, No-Stir Peanut Butter, Creamy
16 oz
4792100432
Serious Food, Silly Prices, Peanut Butter, Creamy
16 oz
8506000004
Snaclite Power PB
16 oz
7487500334
Sprouts Farmers Market Creamy Peanut Butter, No Salt
16 oz
7487500335
Sprouts Farmers Market Crunchy Peanut Butter, No Salt
16 oz
7487500336
Sprout's Creamy Peanut Butter
16 oz
7487500337
Sprout's Crunchy Peanut Butter
16 oz
7487500433
Sprout's Creamy Almond Butter
16 oz
7487500434
Sprout's Crunchy Almond Butter
16 oz
7487500431
Sprout's Creamy Peanut Butter
16 oz
4868787906
Sunland Natural Peanut Butter Crunchy Valencia No Stir
16 oz
4868786906
Sunland Natural Peanut Butter Creamy Valencia No Stir
16 oz
4868722906
Sunland Natural Peanut Butter Creamy Salt Free Valencia
16 oz
4868709915
Sunland Creamy Peanut Butter with Sea Salt
40 oz
4868726910
Sunland Creamy Peanut Butter
12 oz
4868785920
Sunland Valencia Peanut Butter
36 oz
062725
Sunland Dark Roast Creamy Peanut Butter
40 lb
4868730725
Sunland Organic Creamy
40 lb
029725
Sunland Pecan Deluxe Creamy Peanut Butter
40 lb
028725
Sunland Pecan Deluxe Crunchy Peanut Butter
40 lb
26570
Sunland Creamy Dark Roast Peanut Butter
500 lb
4868726909
Sunland Creamy Peanut Butter
18 oz
4868767909
Sunland Natural Creamy Peanut Butter
18 oz
4868785920
Sunland Valencia Peanut Sauce
36 oz
22725
Sunland Creamy Peanut Butter
40 lb
22704
Sunland Creamy Peanut Butter
5 lb
4868722715
Sunland Organic Creamy Peanut Butter
40 lb
4868721722
Sunland Crunchy Peanut Butter
15 lb
48687009704
Sunland Natural Creamy Peanut Butter
5 lb
4868790301
Sunland Creamy Natural Stabilizer Peanut Butter
50 lbs
87725
Sunland Crunchy Natural Stabilized Peanut Butter
40 lb
4868786724
Sunland Creamy Peanut Butter
35 lb
4868786704
Sunland Creamy No Stir Peanut Butter
5 lb
4868784301
Sunland Extra Stabilized Organic Creamy Peanut Butter
50 lb
21705
Sunland Crunchy Peanut Butter
40 lb
25704
Crunchy Sugar Butter
5 lb
26704
Creamy Sugar Butter
5 lb
072704
Sunland Almond Butter
5 lb
003050
Dogsbutter RUC with Flax PB
16 oz
4868772906
Sunland Natural Almond Butter, Creamy Roasted Almond
16 oz
Consumers who have purchased any of the recalled Almond Butter and Peanut Butter products with the affected UPC and Best-If-Used-By-Dates are urged to discard the product immediately. Consumers can contact the company at 1-866-837-1018, which is operational 24 hours a day, for information on the recall. In addition, a consumer services representative is available Monday
through Friday between the hours of 8:00 AM and 5:00 PM MT at (575) 356-6638.
Trader Joe’s store locations:
- Danbury, 113 Mill Plain Rd
- Darien, 436 Boston Post Rd
- Fairfield, 2258 Black Rock Turnpike, Fairfield
- Hartford, 1489 New Britain Ave
- Orange, 560 Boston Post Road
- Westport, 400 Post Road
Salmonella is an organism that 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.
