Which peanut butter brands issued Salmonella recalls in 2020-2025?

1. Jif recall: the central 2022–2025 episode

Federal partners (FDA, CDC, state and local authorities) investigated a multistate outbreak of Salmonella Senftenberg infections linked to certain Jif brand peanut butter produced at J.M. Smucker’s Lexington, Kentucky, facility; the company voluntarily recalled select Jif peanut butter products bearing lot codes 1274425 through 2140425 and warned consumers to dispose of or return recalled jars ^[1][3][6]. Reporting and government pages note that companies also recalled foods made with the affected Jif peanut butter (snack trays, chocolates, prepared foods) as the investigation and product-listing efforts expanded ^[2][7].

2. Scope, illnesses and distribution cited by sources

Consumer-oriented reporting and public-health pages tied the recall to a multistate outbreak that sickened people; Consumer Reports and CDC summaries referenced dozens of products and multiple illnesses (Consumer Reports cited 14–16 illnesses and two hospitalizations in early coverage) and warned that recalled Jif jars could still be in homes because of long shelf life ^[7][2][3]. The FDA posted a formal outbreak-investigation page and issued a Warning Letter to Smucker after an inspection, underlining the public-health and regulatory seriousness ^[1].

3. Chain‑of‑custody and downstream recalls

Authorities and outlets repeatedly emphasized that not only retail jars but products made with the recalled Jif peanut butter were affected; manufacturers and retailers were asked to check supply chains and recall or withdraw finished goods that used implicated lots ^[2][7]. University and institutional food services removed recalled items and followed FDA lot-number guidance when checking inventories ^[6].

4. Other peanut‑butter Salmonella events mentioned in sources

The supplied material also references older, high‑profile peanut‑butter Salmonella episodes (Peanut Corporation of America-linked recalls from the 2008 outbreak and Kellogg products testing positive in 2017 reporting) to illustrate risk patterns and legal fallout, but those are cited as historical context rather than new 2020–2025 recalls in the current reporting ^[4][5]. The law‑firm and recall archive pages explicitly recount past actions for background ^[8][5].

5. What the sources do not report

Available sources do not mention any other national-brand peanut butter recalls for Salmonella between 2020 and 2025 besides the Jif recall tied to the Lexington facility ^[1][2]. They do not provide a comprehensive, machine‑readable list of every brand-level recall across those years; FDA recall archives and FoodSafety.gov are pointed to for searching additional notices ^[9][10].

6. Competing perspectives and implications

Industry and public‑health messaging in these sources presents competing emphases: regulators and the CDC framed the Jif recall as precautionary and tied to specific lot codes, while consumer‑advocacy and legal sources flagged broader supply‑chain vulnerability and pushed for proactive recalls and litigation ^[1][7][8]. The FDA’s Warning Letter to Smucker signals regulatory concern about controls at the producing plant even as the company characterized its recall as voluntary ^[1].

7. How to verify whether a jar you have was recalled

The publicly cited guidance is to check the lot code printed near the “best if used by” date: the FDA/CDC notices and institution alerts specify lot codes 1274425–2140425 (recall applies only if the first seven digits end with 425) and to dispose of or return any matching jars; lists of finished products using Jif were maintained and updated by FDA and partners ^[1][6][2].

Limitations: this piece uses only the provided search results; for a complete, up‑to‑date roster of all peanut‑butter recalls nationwide 2020–2025 consult FDA recall archives or FoodSafety.gov directly because those repositories may list additional, narrower, or regionally limited recalls not present in these sources ^[9][10].