not so great value
I had been hearing something about peanut butter on the news lately but hadn't been paying much attention. This morning as i was drifting in and out of sleep the story came on the news and I decided to see what the fuss was about.
Seems as though 300 cases of salmonella since August have been pinned on peanut butter. I'm not sure what slamonella is, but it doesn't sound good. (I used to think it was the Italian guy who ran the sub shop.) I listened for the details since I've been eating a lot more peanut butter in the past month than i have in a long time.
Peter Pan was suspicious. (I have always thought that young men in green tights and skirts chasing little boys around was suspicious, by the way.) I immediately checked that off the list. I would never buy such a common brand. Too much money.
Then they said, "Wal-mart's Great Value brand." Uh oh. I've been grocery shopping at Wal-mart for a few months and of course i would be their house brand. The report continued... "Check your lid. If it starts with 2111 throw it out!"
I hopped out of bed and ran to the cupboard. Yes, it was Great Value. Now, what did the lid say??
2111... What to do. What to do... There's still a third of the jar left. Can i really just throw it out?? Kinda wasteful, ain't it?
They did say you could mail the lid in for a refund. I'd be tempted to do that if the cost of postage wasn't as much as the refund would be...
I guess I'm just going to have to bite the bullett and throw it out.
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I brought my Peter Pan 2111 jar BACK to Walmart WITHOUT a slip and collected my refund. I have to admit, I was kinda shocked....first time EVER that a recall applied to me. :)
so Doug,
What would you like to know about Salmonella?
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dbmd/diseaseinfo/salmonellosis_2007/outbreak_notice.htm
Courtesy of your resident Alaska microbiologist. We got one growing in our lab. Hope it's not serotype Tennessee. I was in the middle of the Jack-in-the-Box E.coli outbreak. Too much poop for me. I will spare you the rest of the corn that going on in my head. :)
lol! It must not be pretty when your "specimens" hit the fan, so to speak...
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