NY among 40 states impacted by FDA recall of peanut butter products

New York is one of 40 states impacted by a recall notice of single-serve peanut butter products after foreign objects were discovered in the manufacturers, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

The recall notice, initially issued in April and updated last week, warns consumers that more than 20,000 individually packaged peanut butter packets distributed by Ventura Foods of Los Angeles may contain "pieces of blue plastic" discovered in the company’s filters used to manufacture the product.

The update increases the recall to Class II, which means that consuming the product "may cause temporary or medically reversible adverse health consequences or where the probability of serious adverse health consequences is remote," according to FDA recall definitions.

The peanut butter products, which include individual packets and small cups with both peanut butter and jelly, were sold to distributors under different brand names, according to a Feb. 12 notice by the FDA.

The impacted products include 0.5-once and 0.75-ounce packets of creamy peanut butter, 1.12-ounce and 1-ounce cups packs of both peanut butter and strawberry jam, and similar size packages of creamy butter and grape jelly, according to USA Today.