The Elves Are Pissed

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Keebler Peanut Butter Crackers Recall

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The Elves are pissed.

Due to Peanut Corp. of America issuing a recall lateTuesday for 21 lots of peanut butter made since July 1 at its plantin Blakely, Ga., (because of possible salmonella contamination), Keebler has started pulling peanut butter crackers off the shelves. Peanut Corp. of America supplies peanut paste to Kellogg, which on Wednesday asked stores nationwide to pull peanut butter crackers sold under the Austin and Keebler brands.

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The products being pulled include Austin and Keebler toastedpeanut butter sandwich crackers, peanut butter and jelly sandwichcrackers, cheese and peanut butter sandwich crackers, and peanutbutter-chocolate sandwich crackers. Customers and stores are askedto hold onto the Kellogg products, but not eat them, until aninvestigation is complete.

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The FDA said Kellogg's move is known as a stop-sale order and isn't as serious as a recall. Neither the FDA nor a Kellogg spokesman could say how many units were involved, but a FDA spokesperson said, "It's a very large volume." A Kellogg spokesman said federal investigators visited company facilities this week.

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The Peanut Corp. recall was issued after an open container ofKing Nut peanut butter in a long-term care facility in Minnesotawas found to contain a strain of salmonella. Health officials hadrecommended nursing homes, hospitals, schools, universities andrestaurants discard containers of peanut butter linked to theoutbreak. The peanut butter was in containers between 5 and 50pounds.