Health Department: Recall Issued for Some Skippy Peanut Butter

A limited recall has been issued this week for Skippy Reduced Fat Creamy Peanut Butter Spread and Skippy Reduced Fat Super Chunk Peanut Butter Spread because of possible Salmonella contamination, according to the Kane County Health Department.

The recall by Unilever United States, Inc., is being conducted with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), according to a health department news release. No other Skippy products reportedly are affected by this recall.

The recalled products were distributed in Illinois, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Iowa, Maine, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Wisconsin.

Packaging specifications

• 16.3 oz plastic jars 
• UPCs: 048001006812 and 048001006782
• Best-If-Used-By Dates: MAY1612LR1, MAY1712LR1, MAY1812LR1,  MAY1912LR1, MAY2012LR1 and MAY2112LR1

According to the release, Salmonella can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in children, frail or elderly people and others with weakened immune systems. Healthy people people with the organism can have symptoms that include fever, diarrhea (which may be bloody), nausea, vomiting and abdominal pain.