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Salmonella Peanut Butter Still Stalking Nation's Children

Meg Marco — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 16:52:24 EST

People. You need to toss your Peter Pan or Great Value brand peanut butter if the jar says "2111" on it. The plant that produced the peanut butter has been closed for 3 weeks, but cases of salmonella linked to the peanut butter continue to rise.

Stop eating the damn peanut butter. It did not cost you $10,000. You can send the jar to ConAgra and get a new one. It is not special rare peanut butter. Eating it will not give you magical powers. It will give you salmonella. That is all. —MEGHANN MARCO

Nearly 50 salmonella cases now linked to peanut butter in N.Y. [WSTM]
More cases of salmonella found in Colorado [9News]
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PREVIOUSLY: Recall: Salmonella in Peter Pan Peanut Butter

Walmart Brand Chicken: Now With Steel Hex Nut?

Meg Marco — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 17:51:19 EST

Well, this is gross: Now included with your bag of Walmart's "Great Value" house brand chicken breasts...a steel hex nut off of a very large bolt. We've heard of getting a prize in a box of cracker jacks, but this is ridiculous. Our tipster assures us:

No word if the nut also comes in BBQ flavor.

The chicken's owner has informed the USDA, but has not heard back. Ew. Just, ew. More photos inside.—MEGHANN MARCO

The Great Peanut Butter Recall of 2007

Meg Marco — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 16:59:57 EST

Walmart Customer Service Blogger "Behind The Counter" has issued a report from the front lines of the ConAgra Peanut Butter Recall. As you may know, jars of Peter Pan and Great Value (Walmart) brand peanut butter with product code 2111 on them have been linked to a salmonella outbreak. Consumers were supposed to contact ConAgra for a refund. Did they listen? No, they went to Walmart and ruined poor "Behind the Counter's" life:

The typical conversation goes something like this:
THEM: "We want to return this peanut butter."
ME: "Okay." And I check the top for the lot number. You never know. "Do you still have your receipt?"
THEM: "Who keeps food receipts?"
ME: "Okay. I just need your drivers license then."
THEM: "Why? I didn't need it when I bought it?"

And so on. All day long. WHY DO I HAVE TO HAVE A DRIVERS LICENSE TO RETURN RECALLED PEANUT BUTTER? No matter how much they bought I gave them cash back, even though we're supposed to do more than $5 on a gift card. I wasn't about to face off with some evil grannies and grampers over some salmonella-infected PB.

This is why you should read consumer blogs that post helpful information about issues like this. Ahem.—MEGHANN MARCO

If I Never See Another Jar Of Peanut Butter [Behind The Counter]
(Photo:stopnlook)