Which peanut butter brands had Salmonella recalls between 2020 and 2025 and what were the recall dates?
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Executive summary
Between 2020 and 2025 the clearest, well-documented peanut-butter–associated Salmonella recall in available reporting is J.M. Smucker’s voluntary recall of select Jif products announced in May 2022 (lot codes 1274425–2140425); public health agencies linked that recall to a multistate Salmonella Senftenberg outbreak [1] [2]. Reporting also shows product-level recalls and ingredient recalls tied to Jif peanut butter (foods made with Jif) and later, separate non‑Salmonella peanut-containing recalls (Ritz cracker labeling in 2025) that are allergen‑related rather than pathogen recalls [3] [4] [5].
1. Jif recall: the central Salmonella event in 2022
The federal investigation that produced the most consistent recall notices from 2020–2025 centers on J.M. Smucker Company’s voluntary recall of select Jif peanut butter products in May 2022. The FDA and CDC linked a multistate Salmonella Senftenberg outbreak to Jif peanut butter produced at Smucker’s Lexington, Kentucky facility, and Smucker recalled Jif jars with lot codes 1274425 through 2140425 (ending in “425”) and advised consumers not to eat or serve recalled Jif products [1] [6] [7].
2. Scope and timing: what agencies reported
State and federal pages and news outlets documented the recall timing and public-health actions: the recall notice and outbreak investigation were public by late May 2022, with state health departments (Illinois, Washington) and CDC pages describing illnesses from February–May 2022 and citing the May 20, 2022 Smucker recall as the company action responding to the outbreak [8] [9] [2].
3. Downstream recalls: food made with Jif and corporate notices
Multiple companies recalled finished foods (snack trays, chocolates, prepared items) that contained recalled Jif peanut butter; the CDC and consumer outlets explicitly noted that firms pulled products containing Jif as ingredient suppliers updated lists [3] [4]. Consumer-facing coverage emphasized that recalled Jif-containing products could still be in homes because peanut butter has a long shelf life [4] [10].
4. Other peanut-butter or peanut-product recalls in this period — what the sources show and don’t
Available sources in this search set do not list additional distinct brand recalls for Salmonella in jarred peanut butter between 2020 and 2025 besides Jif’s 2022 recall. There are many historical peanut-butter Salmonella events referenced (Peanut Corporation of America in 2008–2009) or other product recalls where peanut butter was an ingredient, but for the 2020–2025 window the primary documented Salmonella recall named in these documents is the May 2022 Jif recall [11] [12] [1]. If you are asking about other brands (Skippy, Peter Pan, Great Value, etc.), the provided results either concern older events or non‑Salmonella issues (labeling or allergen recalls), or else are not detailed in the current reporting [13] [14] [12].
5. 2025 cracker recalls: allergen/labeling vs. pathogen risk
In 2025 Mondelēz (Ritz) initiated recalls of Ritz Peanut Butter Cracker Sandwiches because of mislabeling that could expose people with peanut allergies — a serious recall but not a Salmonella pathogen recall. These July and December 2025 notices concern undeclared peanut allergen risk from mislabeled packages and are separate in cause and public-health response from Salmonella contamination incidents [5] [15] [16].
6. What this record tells consumers and what it doesn’t
The record compiled in these sources shows one clearly documented Salmonella-linked recall for branded jarred peanut butter in the 2020–2025 period: Jif in May 2022, with lot-code guidance for consumers [1] [6]. The sources do not list other jarred-peanut-butter brand Salmonella recalls in that time span; they do, however, document that many downstream products made with recalled Jif peanut butter were also pulled [3] [4]. If you need confirmation about other specific brands or recall dates not cited here, those items are not found in the current reporting and would require checking FDA recall archives or state recall notices beyond the sources provided [17] [18].
7. How to verify and next steps for consumers
To verify whether a particular jar is affected, check the lot code and “best if used by” area for the Jif codes 1274425–2140425 (ending with 425) as described by the FDA, state health departments and Smucker communications; dispose of or return any recalled product and consult the FDA/CDC recall pages for lists of finished foods that used the recalled peanut butter [6] [1] [9]. For brands or recalls not mentioned above, search the FDA’s Recalls, Market Withdrawals & Safety Alerts archive or state health-department recall pages cited in these sources [17] [19].
Limitations: this summary is limited to the documents in your search results; other recalls or state-level notices outside these sources are not covered here and are "not found in current reporting" above [17].