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Thursday, November 29, 2012

FDA Blocks Distribution of Sunland Peanut Butter Products to Food Retailers, including Target, Starbucks

The Sunland Inc. plant that distributes products to Trader Joe's, Whole Foods, Target and others is linked to Salmonella contamination that made at least 41 people ill in 20 states.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced Monday that it has blocked food distribution from the Sunland Inc. peanut butter plant in New Mexico whose products were subject to a wide recall in recent months because of salmonella contamination. The plant supplies peanut butter products to stores, restaurants and retailers like Starbucks (there's one in 699 Gravois Bluffs Blvd. in Fenton). The various types of Sunland peanut butter products—sold under several brands by major food retailers, including Starbucks, Trader Joe's, Whole Foods, and Target—had been part of a voluntary recall that began in September and later was expanded to include other nut butters as well as processed nuts and peanuts. Several of these items are sold at …

Wednesday, August 1, 2012

10 Ways to Fix a PBJ: Bacon, Banana and Nut-Free Peanut Butter Sandwiches

The trusty peanut butter and jelly sandwich is a main stay of the school lunch. How do you like yours?

Here’s a few interesting twists on an old lunchbox favorite, just in time for the start of the new school year. If these ideas inspire you, head over to the Jif website to enter its Most Creative Sandwich Contest. You might win a college scholarship. And peanut butter. Lots and lots of peanut butter. The Gourmet: Use artesian multi-grain bread, homemade peanut butter and organic jelly.  Get Alton Brown’s recipe for peanut butter here. You could find interesting bread at the St. Louis Bread Company  The Elvis: White toast, peanut butter of your choice and one smashed banana. Make the sandwich then fry it like a toasted cheese. Get the full recipe here. The Bacon Apple PBJ: Add fresh bacon crumbles and sliced apple to your PBJ. Follow Martha…

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