The FDA is warning consumers not to eat certain jars of Peter Pan peanut butter or Great Value peanut butter due to the risk of salmonella contamination (a bacterium that causes food-borne illness.) The affected jars of Peter Pan and Great Value peanut butter have a product code located on the lid of the jar that begins with the number "2111."

Symptoms of food-borne illness caused by Salmonella
Fever
Diarrhea
Abdominal cramps
Loss of appetite
Dehydration

FDA's warning is based on a report provided February 13, 2007 on a just-completed epidemiological study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the states and local health agencies, which links 288 cases of food borne illness in 39 states to consumption of varying types of Peter Pan peanut butter. The outbreak appears to be ongoing and the first consumer may have become ill in August 2006. As a result of extensive epidemiological testing and recent case control studies, CDC was recently able to identify Peter Pan peanut butter as the likely cause of illness. Great Value brand peanut butter beginning with product code 2111 is manufactured in the same plant as Peter Pan peanut butter and, thus, is believed to be at similar risk of contamination. It is believed to be the first salmonella outbreak associated with peanut butter in U.S. history, said officials with the CDC.

If you have eaten Peter Pan or Great Value peanut butter and have suffered any of these problems, PLEASE RETAIN YOUR PEANUT BUTTER JAR.

If you do not have proof you ate the withdrawn peanut butter you will not have a claim.

DO NOT RETURN THE JAR FOR A REFUND. IF YOU DO YOU WILL NO LONGER HAVE A CLAIM.

DO NOT DESTROY THE CONTENTS OF THE JAR.

DO NOT DISCARD THE JAR AND ONLY MAINTAIN THE LID.

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