Are Uncrustables Safe? Yes….for now.

January 20, 2009 | Reviewer: Abi Jones

In short, yes. At least, according to Smuckers, the company that makes them. So far, products from the companies below have been recalled. Smuckers is not on that list. Also not on that list is Peanut Butter that you buy in a normal home-size jar. This recall is all about industrial peanut butter. Clicking on the [link] will take you to an FDA page with specifics about that recall. I’ll try to update this list as often as possible, but while I was making it two more items were recalled, so perhaps updates are a little out of my league. You can keep track of all salmonella-related FDA recalls here.

The Misunderstood Peanut, by Zesmerelda, used under Creative Commons 2.0.

List last updated on January 22, 2009

Aspen Hills Cookie Dough Products [link]
Nash Finch, the operator of stores named: SunMart Foods, Econofoods (excluding Wisconsin stores in Sturgeon Bay, Clintonville, Marquette, Holton and Iron Mountain), Prairie Market, Avanza Supermarket, Food Bonanza, Wholesale Food Outlet, Family Fresh Market, Family Thrift Center, and Pick’n Save (Ohio stores in Van Wert and Ironton only) is recalling peanut butter-containing products [link]
Landies Candies Peanut Butter filled Chocolates [link]
Health Valley Organic Peanut Crunch Chewy Granola Bars [link]
Best Brands Corp. Peanut Butter Frozen Cookie Dough [link]
Blanton’s Candies of Sweetwater, TN: Blanton’s Peanut Butter Sticks [link]
Weis Markets peanut butter sandwich crackers [link]
Dinners Ready of Meridian, ID is recalling the Asian Marinated Flank Steak with Sesame Vegetable Stir Fry, Indonesian Chicken with Coconut Rice, and Chicken Satay & Bangkok Peanut Sauce with Jasmine Rice meals prepared from their November & December menus [link]
POCO PAC® and GRANDE GOURMET™ peanut butter and peanut butter and jelly combination products [link]
NutriSystem Peanut Butter Granola Bars [link]
Ready Pac Peanut Butter containing products (celery or apples with peanut butter) – Includes TRADER JOE’S CELERY WITH PEANUT BUTTER [link]
Premier Nutrition TWISTED and TITAN branded bars [link]
Nature’s Path Optimum Energy Bars [link]
Country Maid Inc. Classic Breaks Peanut Butter Cookie Dough in 2 pound packages [link]
Meijer Peanut Butter and Crackers & Peanut Butter-containing Ice Cream [link]
Abbott Nutrition ZonePerfect and NutriPals Bars [link]
City Market, Fred Meyer, Fry’s, King Soopers, QFC and Smith’s Private Selection Peanut Butter Passion Ice Cream [link]
CLIF, LUNA and Zbars [link]
Evening Rise Bread Co. Peanut Butter Cookies and Peanut Butter Bars [link]
McKee Foods Corporation Peanut Butter Snack Crackers [link]
South Bend Chocolate Company Assorted Boxed and Bulk Chocolates [link]
Wal-Mart Bakery brands of PEANUT BUTTER COOKIES, PEANUT BUTTER NO-BAKE COOKIES and PEANUT BUTTER FUDGE NO-BAKE COOKIES [link]
Lofthouse® brand PEANUT BUTTER COOKIES, PEANUT BUTTER NO-BAKE COOKIES and PEANUT BUTTER FUDGE NO-BAKE COOKIES, Parco Foods’ Chuck’s Chunky® food service brand PEANUT BUTTER COOKIES and Pastries Plus GOURMET COOKIES [link]
Food Lion Bake Shop brand PEANUT BUTTER COOKIES [link]
Hy-Vee Inc. is voluntarily recalling the following products made in its bakery departments: Peanut Butter Cookies, Monster Cookies, Peanut Butter Reese’s Pieces Cookies, Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies, Lunchbox Reese’s Pieces Cookies, Lunchbox Peanut Butter Cookies, People Chow Party Mix and Assorted Truffle Fudge. [link]
Perry’s Ice Cream – Select Ice Cream Products [link]
Kellogg’s Company Austin® and Keebler® branded Peanut Butter Sandwich Crackers, Famous Amos® Peanut Butter Cookies and Keebler® Soft Batch Homestyle Peanut Butter Cookies [link]

I am still going to eat peanut-including processed foods. Then again, I ate expired ramen. If you have a kid, you should probably proceed with caution.

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11 Responses to “Are Uncrustables Safe? Yes….for now.”

VeggieGirl on January 20th, 2009

I’m SO upset that the Peanut Butter Cookie Larabars were affected – this outbreak is insane!!
Julie A on January 21st, 2009

I feel fortunate that I absolutely HATE peanut butter.
Christine on January 21st, 2009

I bought peanut butter wafer cookies without even thinking about the recall. So far they aren’t on the list, but I don’t think we will eat them anyway.
Chavi on January 21st, 2009

My boyfriend got violently ill last night … so the first thing I asked him was … “Did you eat anything with peanut butter in it today!?!?” He hadn’t. Damn.

Anyway, thanks for the update!
Corey V. on January 21st, 2009

As long as it doesn’t affect the Whole Foods brand PB, we’re okay.
Abi Jones on January 21st, 2009

@VeggieGirl – I’m sad about it too, but my favorite LaraBar is Coconut, so I’m not too dismayed.

@Julie A. – Your crazyness benefits you this time….

@Christine – Yeah, I’m not buying any new peanut butter products, but I have a freezer full of Uncrustables that are NOT going to waste.

@Chavi – You’re welcome. I told my husband about this while we were grocery shopping last night and he still went and bought some peanut butter granola bars.

@Corey V. – At this point it doesn’t affect jarred consumer peanut butter, so you’re safe. For now.
christine on January 21st, 2009

Abi, your husband must want to live on the edge.

I noticed a couple new names on the list. I am throwing out the peanut butter wafers. A shame as they are a favorite in our house.
jeremiah on January 22nd, 2009

im not sure, butt today at school i had 2 smuckers uncrustables. i really like them. but at around 1:30 to 3:00 my stomach was hurting really bad. and i usually don’t get stomach aches from eating bread, jelly, or PEANUT BUTTER. it hurt really bad and still does at 3:50 now. Urgh! i don’t know what to do; i think im just going to wait for a few hours to see if any other symptoms have appeared. but hopefully not.

see ya
Abi Jones on January 22nd, 2009

@Christine – My husband willingly eats random frozen items I select. So yes, he is a brave man.

@jeremiah – I’m sorry to hear that.
rose on January 22nd, 2009

My mom runs a food pantry, albeit small, it is still a food pantry.

so she buys all this crap in bulk, and I don’t mean costco bulk. I mean HUGE BULK. you need trucks to tote this stuff.
she has a ton of the peanut butter cliff bars, and has been eating them. but she says she feels fine. so, I’ll update you if she drops dead.
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