Skippy Foods is voluntarily recalling more than 9,000 cases and 161,000 pounds of peanut butter because the jars might contain stainless steel broken off from manufacturing equipment.
Hormel Foods, the parent company of Skippy Foods, said in a press release that these four varieties of peanut butter were included as part of the recall
- SKIPPY Reduced Fat Creamy Peanut Butter, 40oz
- SKIPPY Reduced Fat Creamy Peanut Butter – Club, 2/40oz
- SKIPPY Reduced Fat Chunky Peanut Butter, 16.3oz
- SKIPPY Creamy Peanut Butter Blended With Plant Protein, 14oz
If you have one of the varieties of peanut butter under the recall, visit the website www.peanutbutter.com for instructions and information on specific jars that should be returned.
You also can call Skippy Foods Consumer Engagement at 1-866-475-4779 between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. EDT.
The affected products were shipped to 18 states, including New Jersey and New York.
As of Thursday, there have been no consumer complaints related to this product and all retailers that have the product have been notified about the recall.
Skippy Foods said it issued the recall out of an abundance of caution to ensure consumers were aware of the issue.
The contamination was first identified by the manufacturing facility’s internal detection systems.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has been made aware of this recall.
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