Kellogg has once again recalled products that could be linked to the peanut butter salmonella scare sweeping the US.
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The US snacks and cereal giant announced on Saturday (24 January) that it would pull two varieties of ShopRite peanut butter sandwich crackers.
Kellogg said the products contain peanut paste produced by Peanut Corporation of America (PCA), the peanut butter supplier at the centre of the outbreak, and could be contaminated with salmonella.
ShopRite which has stores in five north-eastern US states, removed the products from the outlets last week after Kellogg, the manufacturer of the lines, issued a precautionary hold.
The recall came just days after Kellogg confirmed that salmonella has been found in one package of its Austin crackers.
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By GlobalDataOn Friday, Whole Foods Market became the latest US company to be caught up in the peanut butter salmonella outbreak with the recall of a line from stores in four states.
Some 491 people in 43 US states and one person in Canada have fallen ill following the salmonella outbreak.
Seven deaths have also been linked to the outbreak, which has been traced back to a plant in Georgia owned by PCA.
Over 125 products have been recalled in the US peanut butter salmonella food scare, with goods ranging from crackers to ice cream.
PCA has supplied over 70 companies and the likes of food manufacturers General Mills and Ralcorp Holdings and retailers Kroger and Safeway have also recalled products made with ingredients from the firm.
