Very early Saturday morning, Kellogg Company recalled certain Austin® and Keebler® branded Peanut Butter Sandwich Crackers and select snack-size packs of Famous Amos® Peanut Butter Cookies and Keebler® Soft Batch Homestyle Peanut Butter Cookies because the products have the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella.

Products included in the recall were produced on or after July 1, 2008:

  • Austin® Quality Foods Cheese Crackers with Peanut Butter – all sizes
  • Austin® Quality Foods Cheese & Peanut Butter Sandwich Crackers – all
  • sizes
  • Austin® Quality Foods Mega Stuffed Cheese Crackers with Peanut Butter –
  • all sizes
  • Austin® Quality Foods PB & J Cracker Sandwiches – all sizes
  • Austin® Quality Foods Super Snack Pack Sandwich Crackers
  • Austin® Quality Foods Chocolate Peanut Butter Sandwich Crackers – all
  • sizes
  • Austin® Quality Foods Toasty Crackers with Peanut Butter – all sizes
  • Austin® Quality Foods Reduced Fat Cheese & Peanut Butter Sandwich
  • Crackers
  • Austin® Quality Foods Reduced Fat Toasty Crackers with Peanut Butter
  • Sandwich Crackers
  • Austin® Quality Foods Cookie/Cracker Pack
  • Austin® Quality Foods Variety Pack
  • Keebler® Cheese & Peanut Butter Sandwich Crackers – all sizes
  • Keebler® Toast & PB’n J Flavored Sandwich Crackers – all sizes
  • Keebler® Toast & Peanut Butter Sandwich Crackers – all sizes
  • Famous Amos® Peanut Butter Cookies (2- and 3-ounce)
  • Keebler® Soft Batch Homestyle Peanut Butter Cookies (2.5-ounce)

With 2007 sales of nearly $12 billion, Kellogg Company is one of 85 companies that purchases peanut butter products from Peanut Corporation of America’s Georgia plant that has been producing Salmonella-tainted products.  Look for Kellogg’s early action to be followed by others very soon.

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