Skippy Reduced Fat Peanut Butter recalled for potential steel contamination
Skippy Reduced Fat Creamy Peanut Butter (40 oz) is being recalled due to potential steel contamination. No illnesses have been reported.
The agency’s classification
FDA (Food): Class II
Class II is a situation in which use of or exposure to a violative product may cause temporary or medically reversible adverse health consequences, or where the probability of serious adverse health consequences is remote.
This is the agency’s own classification, taken from its notice. The severity score below is our assessment, not the agency’s. How recall classes work
What this means for you
Our assessment, not the agency’s: severity 3/5 (High).
Real risk of harm even if no illness or injury has been reported yet. Stop using the product and follow the agency's guidance.
Our severity reasoning: Potential steel contamination in food poses a risk of injury (cuts, dental damage, choking). No illnesses or injuries have been reported. Per the severity rubric, a risk-of-harm product without reported injury scores 3 (High).
Plain-English summary
Skippy Foods, LLC is recalling SKIPPY Reduced Fat Creamy Peanut Butter in 40 oz (1.13 kg) clear plastic jars with blue labels, UPC 037600105200. The product may contain small steel contaminants.
Approximately 9,353 cases have been distributed to consumers in CA, CT, DE, FL, HI, IL, IN, KS, MA, ME, MN, MO, NC, NE, NH, NJ, NY, OK, OR, PA, and WI. No illnesses or injuries have been reported.
Consumers who have this product should not eat it. The product should be discarded or returned to the place of purchase. The affected product bears Best if Used By dates of MAY0423 and MAY0523.
The recalled product
- Product
- SKIPPY Reduced Fat Creamy Peanut Butter NET WT 40 oz (2 LB 8 OZ) 1.13 kg UPC 037600105200 packaged in clear plastic jar with blue label.; SKIPPY Reduced Fat Creamy Peanut Butter NET WT 40 oz. (2 LB 8 OZ) 1.13 kg UPC 037600105200 packaged in clear plastic jar with blue label and…
- Manufacturer
- Skippy Foods, LLC.
- Category
- Food — Peanut Butter
- Affected units
- 9,353
Is your product affected?
Check your packaging against the codes below. If any of them match, the product is part of this recall.
Lot numbers (2)
- Best if Used By MAY0423
- Best if Used By MAY0523
Distribution
Part of a larger recall action
This product is one of 3 recalled by Skippy Foods, LLC. under a single FDA (Food) recall action. The agency files each product separately, so the size of the action is not visible from this page alone.
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