Jif Products Recalled, 14 People Sickened by Salmonella

On May 20, the J.M. Smucker Company issued a voluntary recall of select Jif® products sold in the U.S. due to potential Salmonella contamination. On May 22, J.M. Smucker Co. also extended the recall to Canada. The recall, which is being conducted in cooperation with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), includes the products that are listed below with lot codes 1274425 to 214045, only if the first seven digits end with 425:

JIF 16 OUNCE CREAMY PEANUT BUTTER
JIF 16 OUNCE CRUNCHY PEANUT BUTTER
JIF 96 OUNCE CREAMY PEANUT BUTTER TWIN PACK
JIF 96 OUNCE CRUNCHY PEANUT BUTTER TWIN PACK
JIF 40 OUNCE NATURAL CRUNCHY PEANUT BUTTER
JIF 12 OUNCE CRUNCHY PEANUT BUTTER INTERNATIONAL
JIF 3/4 OUNCE PEANUT BUTTER PLASTIC CASE
JIF .64 OUNCE NATURAL PEANUT BUTTER PLASTIC CASE
JIF 96 COUNT NATURAL PEANUT BUTTER TO GO CASE
JIF 36 COUNT CREAMY JIF PEANUT TO GO CASE
JIF 8 COUNT CRUNCHY PEANUT BUTTER TO GO
JIF 8 COUNT CREAMY PEANUT BUTTER TO GO
JIF 4.5 OUNCE CREAMY PEANUT BUTTER TO GO
JIF 54 OUNCE CREAMY PEANUT BUTTER TO GO 36 PACK
JIF 28 OUNCE CRUNCHY PEANUT BUTTER
JIF 96 COUNT CREAMY PEANUT BUTTER TO GO
JIF 54 OUNCE NATURAL CREAMY PEANUT BUTTER TO GO 36 PACK
JIF 28 OUNCE CREAMY PEANUT BUTTER
JIF 40 OUNCE NATURAL HONEY
JIF 12 OUNCE CREAMY PEANUT BUTTER
JIF 12 OUNCE NATURAL CREAMY PEANUT BUTTER TO GO
JIF 40 OUNCE NATURAL CREAMY PEANUT BUTTER
JIF 28 OUNCE NATURAL CREAMY PEANUT BUTTER
JIF 4 POUND CAN CREAMY PEANUT BUTTER
JIF 96 OUNCE NATURAL CREAMY TWINPACK
JIF 15.5 OUNCE NO ADDED SUGAR PEANUT BUTTER
JIF 13 OUNCE SQUEEZABLE POUCH
JIF 33.5 OUNCE NO ADDED SUGAR PEANUT BUTTER
JIF 13 OUNCE NATURAL SQUEEZE POUCH
JIF 80 OUNCE CREAMY PEANUT BUTTER TWIN PACK
JIF 80 OUNCE CRUNCHY PEANUT BUTTER TWIN PACK
JIF 40 OUNCE REDUCED FAT CREAMY PEANUT BUTTER
JIF 16 OUNCE REDUCED FAT CREAMY PEANUT BUTTER
JIF 16 OUNCE CREAMY OMEGA 3 PEANUT BUTTER
JIF 80 OUNCE NATURAL CREAMY PEANUT BUTTER TWIN PACK
JIF 16 OUNCE NATURAL CREAMY PEANUT BUTTER
JIF 16 OUNCE NATURAL CRUNCHY PEANUT BUTTER
JIF 16 OUNCE NATURAL CREAMY PEANUT BUTTER HONEY
JIF 40 OUNCE CREAMY PEANUT BUTTER
JIF 40 OUNCE CRUNCHY PEANUT BUTTER
JIF 46.5 OUNCE NO ADDED SUGAR PEANUT BUTTER
JIF 1.1 OUNCE PORTION CONTROL PEANUT BUTTER 120 COUNT
JIF 48 OUNCE CREAMY PEANUT BUTTER
JIF 48 OUNCE CRUNCHY PEANUT BUTTER
JIF 1.5 OUNCE CREAMY PEANUT BUTTER TO GO
JIF 48 OUNCE NATURAL CREAMY
JIF 40 OUNCE CREAMY PEANUT BUTTER
JIF 40 OUNCE CRUNCHY PEANUT BUTTER
JIF 40 OUNCE NATURAL CREAMY PEANUT BUTTER

The recall was issued after a total of 14 people across 12 states fell ill from contracting Salmonella Seftenberg. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the first reported case of the outbreak began on February 17, 2022, and the onset of the latest case occurred on May 1, 2022. Case patients range from under one year old to 85 years in age. No deaths and two hospitalizations have been reported so far.

Of the total case patients, 80 percent reported consuming various types of Jif peanut butter products before becoming sick. Whole genome sequencing analysis identified that the samples of Salmonella taken from case patients are genetically similar to a Salmonella sample collected in 2010 from J.M. Smucker Co.’s production facility in Lexington, Kentucky. FDA and CDC investigations regarding potentially contaminated Jif products and the Salmonella Seftenberg outbreak are ongoing.

Update, May 26, 2022: FDA has posted a list of additional recalls being conducted by companies that have used the recalled Jif peanut butter as an ingredient in the manufacturing of a new product or in repackaging the product. This list will be updated as the agency receives notification of new recalls.

CDC also reports that of the ten people interviewed in the outbreak investigation, ten confirmed that they had eaten peanut butter prior to becoming ill. Nine of the the interviewees specifically reported eating different varieties of Jif brand peanut butter.

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