More Peanut Butter Products Recalled In RI For Salmonella

RHODE ISLAND — Following Monday's recall of certain Jif peanut butter for salmonella contamination, 11 more peanut butter products sold in Rhode Island grocery stores have been recalled, the state Department of Health said Wednesday.

Products recalled included Readymeals PB & Trail Mix Snacks, which were sold at Shaw's and Star Market locations in Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont. A full list of recalled products can be found here.

Consumers who have purchased these foods are urged not to eat them and to either throw them out or return to the grocery store for a refund.

Salmonella can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people and others with weakened immune systems. Health officials said healthy people infected with salmonella often experience fever, diarrhea (which may be bloody), nausea, vomiting and abdominal pain. In rare circumstances, infection can result in the salmonella getting into the bloodstream and producing more severe illnesses such as arterial infections (i.e., infected aneurysms), endocarditis and arthritis.

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