Snack Food Recalled By NJ Company Over Salmonella Concern

NEW JERSEY — A New Jersey company recalled a product with Jif peanut butter because of potential salmonella contamination. Federal health officials have linked more than a dozen cases of the disease to certain peanut butter products from a manufacturing facility in Lexington, Kentucky.

F&S Produce Company — based in Vineland — initiated the latest Jif recall Tuesday. The company recalled some of their Protein Power Snacks, because they contain a cup with 0.75 ounces of Jif peanut butter.

Walgreens stores throughout New Jersey and New York sold the Protein Power Snacks. The products have since been pulled from the shelves and are past their expiration dates. The last lot of the affected products had a code date of "Best By: 05/28/22," which consumers can find on the front label, according to the Food and Drug Administration.

See a photo of the Protein Power Snack below:

No illnesses have been reported from this specific product, but the peanut butter within the snack packs has been linked to salmonella. Health officials urged anyone with the product in their homes to return it to the place of purchase for a full refund.

Consumers with questions can contact Joseph Garofalo at 856-391-7122 or jgarofalo@fsfreshfoods.com from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays.

Health officials continue to investigate a multistate outbreak of salmonella linked to certain Jif products from the J.M. Smucker Company facility in Kentucky. The FDA linked 16 cases to the products. Two people were hospitalized, but no deaths have been linked to the outbreak.

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The last illness onset occurred May 2, according to the FDA. No New Jerseyans have reported sickness linked to the recalls. See recalled products here.

Salmonella is an organism that can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems. Healthy people infected with salmonella often experience fever, diarrhea (which may be bloody), nausea, vomiting and abdominal pain, according to the FDA.

In rare circumstances, infection with salmonella can result in more severe illnesses such as arterial infections (i.e., infected aneurysms), endocarditis and arthritis.