FDA Warns Against Eating Any Peanut Butter-Containing Foods

Shades of last year's e. coli scare, when people were cautioned away from foods like pre-made salads and tomatoes.

To be clear, the FDA says that peanut butter itself is OK; they are concerned with foods containing peanut paste, as well as peanut butter, produced at a Blakely, Ga., facility owned by Peanut Corp. of America, which issued the recall above.

Specifically, consumers need to avoid cookies, crackers, ice cream, and the like; anything made with peanut butter.

So far, more than 470 people in 43 states have gotten ill, and at least 90 had to be hospitalized. At least six deaths are being attributed to the outbreak.

Stephen Sundlof, head of the FDA's food safety center. said:

"We urge consumers to postpone eating any products that may contain peanut butter until additional information becomes available. As of now, there is no indication that the major national name-brand jars of peanut butter sold in retails stores are linked to the recall."