Peanut Butter Recall Expands To Pet Food

Peanut Butter Recall Expands To Pet Food

Salmonella Infection Numbers Still Rising


By JULIE JARGON

The peanut butter recall that has affected cookies, crackers and other food is now extending to some pet food.

PetSmart is recalling seven of its Great Choice Dog Biscuit products that contain peanut paste made by Peanut Corp. of America, the Virginia-based company that's the focus of a Food and Drug Administration investigation into potential salmonella contamination of the peanut butter and paste made at its Blakely, Ga., facility.

So far, the salmonella outbreak has sickened 485 people in 43 states and Canada and may have contributed to six deaths.

PetSmart said isn't aware of any cases of pets becoming ill from the products but has removed them from its store shelves and website and is conducting the recall as a precautionary measure.

The recalled products include packages ranging in size from 32 ounces to 10 pounds, sold between Aug. 21, 2008, and Jan. 19, 2009.