Here are verbatim reports from consumers who've encountered problems with peanut butter-based foods in 2009:
William of Chipley, FL February 2, 2009
fri. 1/30/2009 I baked several batches of these cookies for my family-me, my husband, and 3 children-and by saturday morning my children were very sick with diarrhea, and vomiting, and stomach cramps. I just assumed they had eaten too many cookies, just as most kids do, but by sunday morning, I and my husband were the same. Spending most of the day in the rest room. I believe there may be something wrong with this product, but am unable to find it on your re-call lists. Please let us know if it has anything to do with this salomonela OUTBREAK. THANK YOU for your prompt attention to this matter.
children are scared to death to eat cookies in fear that they will make them sick too! and I bought 10 tubs of these cookies from my children for a fundraiser for our local school.
Allison of Calera, AL January 29, 2009
I have been eating Clif Bars with Peanut Butter, Balance Zone with peanut butter and Kashi Go Lean Bars with Peanut Butter for a long time. Recently I beacame very ill. The diarrhea started on 1-23-09. Everything I ate would cramp me and instant diarrhea. This went on all weeekend. Monday, the 26th, I went to my family doctor after this condition turned into blood. He prescribed Vancomycin Oral Capsule. Went to CVS that day with the prescription. They did not have it in stock. Cost of scrip was over 800.00. ALL I needed from my insurance company was a PPA and this med would be paid for, costing me only 6.00. That night I started to vomit along with the bloody diarrhea. I went to the hospital. Positive Cdiff stool test. Got two doses of vancomycin, delauttid and sent on my way at 3:15 a.m. Threw it up on the home. Got home at 4:00 a.m. Threw up again.
I ended up calling 911 to take me to the same hospital the next day with the same symptoms. Still no PPA for vancomycin. Asked for a social worker to help me or a lawyer. Immmediately discharged. Called my family doctor, told to go to another hospital. Admitted in ER. Told ER physician symptoms and thought it could be from bars. Given morphine and zofran. CAT scan of my abdomen done. Gastro doctor admitted me and ordered tests. Stayed overnight. So sick, my room had to be disinfected while I was in it. Got stool sample for him. Had to get his office and a Case Worker from the hospital to get PPA for Vancomycin scrip.
Discharged on the 28th. Got vancomycin from CVS. Have not heard results of sample yet from him. Cost of overnight stay over 1,000.00. Could not pay. On medicare only and disability. I am still very sick and weak. PLEASE call me.
Susan of Livonia, MI January 28, 2009
I got flu like symptons after eating Little Ceasars break apart peanut butter cookies. Vomiting from from 2 am to 10 pm. Symptoms lingering for 2 weeks after. I baked 3 cookes. The rest box is still in my freezer.
Missed one day of work. Little Ceasars will replace the box of cookies.
Brandon of Reno, NV January 27, 2009
Purchased austin peanut butter crackers between 7/1/08-7/12/08. Hospitalized for diarea, vomiting, severe stomach cramps and vomiting blood on 9/2/09. Re-hydrated and drugged at ER and released the same day with a 10,000 bill.
1/26/09: Received letter from Costco indicating I purchased recalled items. I have several unopened packages of product to potentially be tested. There are a total of 3 different numbers stamped on their fronts starting with the letter P. Reported to Washoe CO. health dept. at time of sickness, and filed FDA consumer complaint on 1/26/09.
lost work time/reliability rating. emotional distress from the uncertainty. Loss of sleep. Fear of death entered the equation. Unknown physical damage to internal organs and their longevity. Stacy of West Terre Haute, IN January 27, 2009
JANUARY 2ND 2008. I purchased Austin Peanut Butter Toasty Crackers. My 3 year old ate them. She became very ill within 12 hours. We took her to the ER where they said she has consumed the contaminated product. She was grey in color vomiting seizures and mmore. She was the only one in the home to eat the and was the only one to become ill. She has been a very healthy child and now she has a very bad cold and still loss of energy.
Yvonne of Seminole, FL January 26, 2009
I woke up with a wicked headache this morning so bad it hurts to walk, and than i realized i ate a pbj [peanut butter jelly] sandwhich last night , when i turned on my computer i got your email today and quickly thought i had tainted pb. i dont see it on the list but i am nervous, it is one that is affected, do you know anything about it?
migraine headache muscle aches back cramps
Nellie of Yonkers,Ny Hudson Park, NY January 25, 2009
on friday jan 23, 2009 i went into the lindt store in manhttan, my husband wanted to get me some chocolates for my birthday, the samples were of peanut butter, usually you can have a sample of any, i like dark chocolate, well the sales person said all they had was peanut butter, i feel ,that they were trying to get rid of their peanut butter choolates, during this time of recall can you investigate, i wound up buying what i usually get,, 60% dark
hopefully their peanut butter is not a risk to anyone, thank you
Linda of Crestline, CA January 24, 2009
I contacted Nutrisystem on January 23, 2009 in regards to recalled peanut butter granola bars. I purchased the nutrisystem plan through QVC and had received some of the recalled bars. The representative on the phone said I would need to provide them with a purchase order number, which I no longer had.
I asked if I could simply send them the offending bars for replacement. They said no they must have purchase order number. I was able to contact QVC and they were very kind and provided the number to me. I then called nutrisystem with the order number and they will be sending my replacement bars.
My problem with this is if something is recalled should'nt it be replaced no matter if you have a receipt or not. Not everyone keeps receipts for food. I think the focus should be to collect and destroy all of the offending product. Thank you for your time, I just needed to vent.
Stephen of Toluca Lake, CA January 21, 2009
Two weeks ago my daughter had a spiked high fever that led to febrile seizures and a trip to the emergency room. This was followed by a visit to my perdiatrician and then a week of fearfully doeses my child with Ibubrofin and Tylenol so her fever would not spike. She complaiined of stomach cramps and was then constipated. It tok seven days to recover.
After she was better, one week later a similar episode happened, but was more mild, only four days and not too high of a fever. My doctor didn't know what to make of the illness, because she showed no signs of normal virus infection, like running nose, cough, etc. At the hospital the first time they ran urine and blood test, but not stool. I now believe that it was a peanut clif bar that resulted in a samonella poisoning. I recall having fed her portions of a chocalate/peanut clif bar, almost a full one the first time, and only a couple bites the second time (from the same batch I bought) before each incident and her symptoms are congruent with this diagnoses. I am contacting my doctor to alert him to the problem. Luckily she was healthy enough at 24 months that it did not enter her blood stream. However during her siezure, which she has never had before, she was chocking on her own vomit and was without oyxgen for about 2.5 minutes. I don't know if this will have any long term damage to her. My doctor seems to think she will be fine.
I had to take of 2 nights of work, I will have an ambulance ride to pay for, and emergency visit, and medications and doctors fees from my pediatrician. Margit of Slidell, LA January 21, 2009
Hi, My family grew up on peanut butter. We went from Jiffy,peterpan and now skippy peanut butter. We have always bought peanut butter crackers because they are a easy snack.We are a military family and peanut butter and peanut butter crackers were great snacks for road trips when we moved from base to base. After hurrican katrina that is basically what we lived on being we didn't have electricty. I don't know what peanut products are safe anymore. I have throw it all away now. My children and grandchildren mean everything to me and my husband. I will have to find an alternative snack for us all. Thank you for the update on the peanut butter recall.
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