While there have been 11 illnesses reported by people who have consumed the nut butter spreads, no one has been hospitalized and no cases have immediately been reported in Kane County, states the release.
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On December 2, JEM Raw Chocolate, LLC of Bend, Oregon, voluntarily recalled its entire line of sprouted nut butter spreads because of potential contamination with Salmonella.
“Any remaining nut butter spread should be thrown away”, the CDC advised in a statement. All of them reported eating nut butter or nut butter spread before becoming ill.
The CDC said in an outbreak announcement today that the outbreak involves Salmonella Paratyphi B variant L(+) tartrate(+), formerly called Salmonella Java.
Eleven people from nine states have been reported to be infected with salmonella linked to nut butter spread. The nut butter spreads are sold in stores nationwide and online.
Consumers who have purchased any of these products should not eat them as Salmonella can cause serious illness and death. The company is asking retailers to pull these products from their shelves.
Jen Moore, CEO of JEM Raw, said none of their products has tested positive for salmonella.
Public health investigators used the PulseNet system to identify illnesses that may be part of this outbreak. This is the same type of salmonella found in an outbreak linked to raw tuna earlier this year; however, the outbreaks are not connected.
The CDC and FDA are working with state and local health officials to investigate this outbreak and confirm the source of the outbreak. In order to better protect consumers, JEM has instituted a voluntary recall of their nut spread products.
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The recalled products include: 1 oz sizes of: Cashew Cardamom – Sprouted Cashew Almond Spread with UPC 6 09728 97861 7; Cinnamon Red Maca – Sprouted Almond Spread with UPC 6 09728 97862 4; Hazelnut Raw Cacao – Sprouted Hazelnut Spread with UPC 6 09728 97865 5; Superberry Maqui Camu – Sprouted Almond Spread with UPC 6 09728 97864 8.
