BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Cereal and snack maker Kellogg Co. has asked stores around the country to remove a variety of Austin- and Keebler- brand peanut butter crackers after a recall by a supplier involved in the samonella probe.
Virginia-based Peanut Corp. of America is the Kellogg supplier that recalled some of its peanut butter because of possible salmonella contamination. Kellogg said in a release Wednesday that it hadn’t received complaints or found a cause for concern.
A national salmonella outbreak has sickened more than 430 people, including nine in Colorado, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Friday.
Food and Drug Administration compliance officer Sandra Williams said Kellogg’s move is a stop-sale order that’s less serious than an actual recall.
Williams said the action involves a large volume of product around the country. A Kellogg spokesman said the company is cooperating with federal authorities.
