The AP (9/22, Jalonick) reported that the “grocery store chain Trader Joe’s is recalling peanut butter that has been linked to 29 salmonella illnesses in 18 states.” On Saturday, the Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control said the store’s “Creamy Salted Valencia Peanut Butter, which is sold nationwide, is the likely source of the outbreak.” The Federal agencies are “investigating whether any other items sold at the store could be contaminated.” Thus far, more than 75 percent “those who became ill were children under the age of 18,” although no fatalities “have been reported.”

Separately, the AP (9/22) reported that Federal health officials said the “outbreak may be linked to Trader Joe’s Valencia Creamy Salted Peanut Butter Made with Sea Salt, in 16-ounce containers with ‘use by’ dates of 5/23/2013 and 6/28/2013.”

The recall was also covered by the Los Angeles Times (9/24, Lozano) in its “L.A. Now” blog, the Louisville (KY) Courier-Journal (9/24, Boxley), the Towson (MD) Times (9/24, Joyner) and the Food Safety News. (9/22, Flynn).