On March 30, Skippy Meals introduced a recall of 161,692 kilos of peanut butter over potential chrome steel contamination.
A press launch by the model’s proprietor, Hormel Meals, disclosed that the recall would have an effect on sure batches of merchandise manufactured inside a selected set of “finest earlier than” dates.
Skippy Meals apologized to its shoppers on its official web site, saying:
“We apologize to our followers for this inconvenience. Our firm is dedicated to product high quality and can proceed to put money into our processes to make sure the standard and wholesomeness of our merchandise.”
Hormel Meals’ press launch was additionally shared on the FDA’s recall-related web site and was categorised as a Class II voluntary recall.
Which Skippy Peanut Butter merchandise are being recalled?
In response to Hormel Meals’ press launch, a sure variety of jars containing their peanut butter could embody “a small fragment of chrome steel from a chunk of producing gear.”
The peanut butter line affected by the recall consists of Lowered Fats Creamy Peanut Butter Unfold, Lowered Fats Chunky Peanut Butter Unfold, and Creamy Peanut Butter Blended With Plant Protein.
In response to the press launch, 9,353 circumstances of the merchandise are being recalled by Skippy.
The small print of the merchandise being recalled are as follows:
Lowered Fats Creamy Peanut Butter:
Solely the 40-ounce peanut butter packs which have the “finest earlier than date” of Could 04, 2023, and Could 05, 2023, are being recalled.
Lowered Fats Creamy Peanut Butter:
The product’s membership variant and the 20 or 40-pound packs are the one ones to be recalled. The recall for this product is unique to batches with the “finest earlier than date” of Could 5, 2023.
Lowered Fats Chunky Peanut Butter:
This one consists of solely 16.3-ounce packs with “Greatest if Used By” dates of Could 6 and Could 7, 2023.
Creamy Peanut Butter Blended With Plant Protein:
This consists of 14-ounce packs that had been purported to be consumed earlier than Could 10, 2023.
Within the recall discover, Skippy Meals mentioned:
“There have been no shopper complaints related to this recall so far, and all retailers that acquired the affected product have been correctly notified. Skippy Meals, LLC, out of an abundance of warning and with an emphasis on the standard of its merchandise, is issuing the recall to make sure that shoppers are made conscious of the difficulty.”
The agency talked about that the contamination was detected by their inside programs, including that no different batches or merchandise had been affected.
Easy methods to return the recalled product
Of their official assertion, Skippy said that the recalled merchandise could possibly be exchanged at retailers. Nevertheless, prospects who’ve purchased the recalled peanut butter might also name the agency’s “Shopper Engagement crew” at 1-866-475-4779.
The crew will reportedly be accessible from 8 am to 4 pm Central Time on working weekdays. Extra data is on the market on their web site.
In 2011, the model additionally recalled its peanut butter merchandise over potential Salmonella contamination.