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Mmmm…Peanut Butter

Peanut butter is being given the cold shoulder.
Peanut butter is being given the cold shoulder.

It seems to be an offense to even utter those two dreadful...(yet delicious) words: peanut butter.

As we've been hearing on the news for nearly 3 weeks, peanut butter has gotten a bad reputation with nearly 125 different products being pulled from shelves due to outbreaks of salmonella.

And thanks to all this talk about how terrible these crackers are, I've never experienced cravings for them so badly.  I'm almost willing to risk it.....but maybe not.

According to Associated Press, an Ohio-based distributor has cancelled two kinds of it's peanut butter after an "open containter tested positive for salmonella bacteria." King Nut Companies has asked customers to stop distributing under it's King Nut and Parnell's Pride brands with a code that begins with the number "8".

Upwards of 400 people throughout 42 states have become ill due to this outbreak of peanut butter-related salmonella.

Some Products to say NO To

All Austin Quality Foods crackers...(yup, even those delicious and addictive neon orange ones...)
Keebler PB'n J Flavored Snack Crackers
Famous Amos Peanut Butter Cookies
Granola bars featuring 'Peanut Butter Paste', such as some flavors of Luna Bars, as well as some Clif bars
Chef Pierre Chocolate Peanut Butter Silk Pie by Sara Lee
Landies Milk Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups
Perry's Ice Cream products

The FDA has a website that features a completely indepth list of all the foods to be wary of...

In 2006, then-editor Steve Smith of The Spokesman-Review had the idea of starting a publication for an often forgotten audience: teenagers. The Vox Box was a continuation of the Vox, an all-student staffed newspaper published by The Spokesman-Review. High school student journalists who staffed the Vox made all content decisions as they learn about the trade of journalism. This blog's mission was to give students an opportunity to publish their voices. The Vox Box and the Vox wrapped up in June 2009, but you can follow former staffers' new blog at http://voxxiez.blogspot.com.