WASHINGTON (AP) — Consumers should double-check their jars of Jif peanut butter amid a recall, the Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say.

Jif’s creamy, crunchy, natural and reduced fat peanut butters have been linked to a salmonella outbreak across 12 states that has left 14 ill, with two people being hospitalized. Side effects from salmonella poisoning include fever, diarrhea, nausea and vomiting.

The J.M. Smucker Co. announced a voluntary recall Friday of some Jif peanut butter products for potential salmonella contamination. Jars with lot codes 1274425 through 2140425 have been recalled and should be disposed, the company said.

Jif is sold at retailers nationwide. States reporting salmonella cases are Arkansas, Georgia, Illinois, Massachusetts, Missouri, Ohio, North Carolina, New York, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia and Washington.

Left: Smucker's Goober Strawberry and Jif peanut butter, brands owned by The J.M. Smucker Company, are seen for sale in a store in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., November 22, 2021. Photo by Andrew Kelly/REUTERS

By News Desk and Associated Press

By Scott McFetridge, Associated Press

By Matthew Perrone, Associated Press

Support Provided By: Learn more

Subscribe to Here’s the Deal, our politics newsletter for analysis you won’t find anywhere else.

Thank you. Please check your inbox to confirm.

© 1996 - 2022 NewsHour Productions LLC. All Rights Reserved.

Subscribe to ‘Here's the Deal,’ our politics newsletter

Thank you. Please check your inbox to confirm.

Learn more about Friends of the NewsHour.

Support for NewsHour Provided By