American Peanut Council

American Peanut Council working with FDA to protect consumer safety

Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, February 8th, 2009

The American Peanut Council (APC) continues to work with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to investigate which products may be affected by a manufacturer's recall, and advises consumers that at this time, there is no indication that any national name brand jars of peanut butter sold in retail stores are linked to the recall by Georgia-based Peanut Corporation of America (PCA).

On Saturday, the APC joined the FDA in urging consumers to postpone eating products that use peanut butter as an ingredient - such as cookies, crackers, cereal, candy and ice cream - pending information about which products are supplied by a PCA plant in Blakely, Georgia. The plant does...

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