Peanut Butter Confirmed as Source of Salmonella Outbreak

Is the PB&J doomed to be renamed the Salmonella Sandwich? For the second time in two years, peanut butter has been determined as the culprit in a salmonella outbreak.

People began getting ill with the most current outbreak in early October. Last weekend, when certain peanut butters were suspected, both King Nut and Parnell's Pride peanut butter with the lot code "8" were recalled. Lab tests on those peanut butters revealed that they were the source. Two years ago, Peter Pan brand peanut butter was recalled for the same reason.

So do you need to worry about the peanut butter sitting in your pantry? Only if it is part of the current recall.