County fair season is here! Bakers are studying their recipes to choose a favorite recipe to enter into baking competitions. If you choose a recipe containing peanut butter, that’s great! But search your pantry for any Jif brand peanut butter that has been recently recalled.
While baking and cooking food does help destroy bacteria, in the case of a recalled food, you don’t know if your product is contaminated and how much contamination may be present. The heat from baking or cooking may not kill it all. Peanut butter is popular in no-bake cookies and peanut butter icing. Because these are typically not heated or have minimal heating, this can lead to foodborne illness. You don’t want the foods judge to get sick!
The picture at left shows how to identify the recalled Jif products. For more information see the Food and Drug Administration announcement.
For a list of exact products included in the recall, see the Food and Drug Administration public service announcement.
