Thanks for the info, I need to go check a jar I have, but really Quirky, buy one get one are usually very good deals! I've never had a problem before. I put my Kongs in the dishwasher also without problems.

QQ- I too took advantage of a buy 3 for $5 sale on Sunday. I just called the store and they have pulled their display. All three start with the 2111. Fortunately, I had just enough peanut butter to finish making my DD sandwich this morning for lunch. I hate to think if I had used this stuff how I would be feeling. I never use Peter Pan either, we buy Skippy, but I figured peanut butter is peanut butter, right? Not so apparently.

I hope you and your boys are okay!

I heard about this!!! My mom actually had one of the recalled bottles of peanut butter.her husband ate some and said he was feeling sick a few days ago. (they didnt think anything of it)
She called to tell me this,but luckily i never eat Peter pan peanut butter,so i didnt have any.

I don't think the dogs would be as sensitive to that stuff as say children or the elderly or those with compromised immune systems but never the less PB is a major commodity in this household.

It was actually about 2 weeks ago that I ate from the affected jar myself so you hopefully don't have to worry about your daughter. From what I read this morning they didn't actually find any contamination with the PB but it was a common link in some reported infections. That is my understanding.

As for the buy one get one free deals, yes they are irrestable but this isn't the first time in recent months where I've had trouble with buy 1 get 1 deals. I have five very recent examples.
1.) Bumble Bee Premium Albacore, all the cans were dented and bashed.
2.) Frito-Lay potato chips, found some mysterious paper-like object inside the bag.
3.) Peter Pan.
4.) Motts Apple Sauce, watery consistency.
5.) Gen Mills Cereal variety packs, near expiration dates.

This isn't anything new though, I've noticed this for about 2 years now that there are quality issues with the buy1/get1 products and since that time, I've passed up many of them with the exception toilet paper and paper towels. Then again I didn't apparently learn my lesson because like I said, how do you screw up peanut butter for goodness sakes? It's not like many of the recalls because the stuff may contain nuts because it's nut-butter to begin with. What did they do blend in some raw chicken in there or sumpin?

I had a jar of that peanut butter that I returned to the store half empty this morning, I originally bought it to make cookies with, but my 11 year old had been passing up the crunchy Jiff and going for my smooth GV brand. He in fact had to be picked up from school last Thursday because of flu like symtoms, who knows though if it was the P.B because he had already ate half the jar. I was kind of embarrassed to be returning it half empty, but those girls at the service desk said that people were bringing in empty jars and getting their money back. I used to work for Con Agra at the turkey farm and since then I have made somewhat of a effort to avoid foods made by that company, had no clue they was in on peanut butter.

Ekk! I have two big jars, one half empty, that will go back.
My Dad who lives with us, eats a peanut butter and jelly sandwich for lunch every day...I prefer natural peanut butter.

EVERYBODY has these jars!
Last night I talked to somebody 11 hours away from here that has one of the jars.

Since I bought them buy 1 /get 1 and I have two lids to take back, I eagerly await getting full retail price back in cash. Woohoo.

As for Con Agra, there are a couple other brands of food that I consume from them that I am aware of. One is Hebrew National Hot Dogs and for the life of me cannot understand how that setup came to be. The others are LaChoy and Pam.
In the past I've used Hunts and Marie Calendar's frozen dinners but not recently.

Yep, we have two of them - half eaten. I buy whatever name brand is on sale - my kids like all of them. No one has gotten sick so our jars probably aren't affected, but I have thrown them out and will be returning the lids just to be sure.

My dogs all get a lick of pb every day while 2 of them have pills in theirs. I buy the cheapest store/generic brand they have. I used to be able to tell a difference between it and name brand. Not any more. The generics have really improved.

Just an update.
Now ALL JARS OF Peter Pan and Great Value (Walmart Generic) purchased since May 2006 should be returned to the store. 260 people in 39 states have reported illness so far. Don't take a chance. Returning it to any grocery store is hassle free, they don't ask you any questions. My grocery store had a jar of it up at teh customer service counter already to scan in and they will refund you face value regardless of whether it was buy one get one free.

Luckily i did'nt have those brands of peanutbutter. I had an off brand called clovervalley.

Cantalopes have now been added to the contaminated list. I never eat cantelopes this time of year not only are they expensive they taste gosh awful.

What is it with all this contaminated food that hits the news so much lately? We only had a warning far and few between each other before about a year ago.
vickie

We ate almost an entire jar of one of the jars of PB before the recall. Everyone is fine. The store will refund money without a question.

One other thing to add.
If you have been using your peanut butter to make PB&J sandwiches or something like that, it would be wise to also discard the jelly due to possible cross-contamination from using the same utensils in the jars. Start fresh with new PB and new jelly. None of the media coverage I have seen mentioned this.

I haven't noticed an increase in food recalls. But the news seems to be talking more about it. Maybe it's because the news media organization realize this type of coverage is an important ingredient in the addictive formula that keeps the public tuned to their programming to see what might kill them next.

Ever since I saw a Consumer Reports comparison regarding peanut butter brands, I've always purchased Jif or Skippy. They had fewer insect parts per batch. ;-)

qq- Thank you for mentioning that!!!! I had not even thought of it! but with my 11 year old making his own sandwiches, well you know what kind of mess thay can make! there was even peanut butter streaks in my butter (okay he makes peanut butter, butter and jelly sandwiches)
side note- why is my computer playing music now while I am on this site? scary. I bought two big jars of Jif while I was at Wal-Marts, there was only a very few left and no Skippy at all. Jif and Skippy are going to get a giant boost from this:)

The recall has now been expanded. This article says to throw out ANY Peter Pan PB bought after May 2006 no matter what the product code is.

http://pediatrics.about.com/od/inthenews/a/0207_peanut_btr.htm

Another warning on Fox news today Oscer Meyer chicken strips causing (of all things) meningitis. I did'nt even know they made chicken strips.
vickie

Google USFDA than go to Recalls,withdrawals and safety alerts.

Sorry i could'nt get web addy to work. probably wrote something wrong down.
vickie

Thanks for letting us know, quirkyquercus. It's always something, isn't it?

I found the USFDA site, oakleif -- that's very helpful too, and it included a recall of a raw cat food I once used:

Here is a link that might be useful: FDA recalls & alerts

A lot of times the recalls are for things like the product may contain traces of nuts to which some are allergic, and the label doesn't indicate it, something that for the most of us is no biggie but for others it can be serious. Or the recalls are for something we've never heard of or distribution out in Wyoming or someplace far away but with this peanut butter, it was like half the free world had the 2111 jars. With the bagged spinach thing.. you know.. who eats spinach? But peanut butter, so many people had this peanut butter.