By Emmanuel T. Erediano
Variety News Staff

THE Bureau of Environmental Health will dispose 349 jars of the“2111” batch of Peter Pan peanut butter it found in nine retail stores over the weekend.
The bureau’s health technician, Glenn Camacho, said they went to the stores to look for the batches of Peter Pan and Great Value peanut butter that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said should be recalled due to the risk of Salmonella Tennessee contamination.
During the preliminary investigation they conducted from Friday evening to Saturday morning, Camacho said they found only the Peter Pan brand in stores here.
Their initial step was to identify the brand’s wholesaler which then provided them with a list of retail outlets that were selling the product.
Over 100 jars of Peter Pan peanut butter of different varieties and sizes were found at two stores in Chalan Kanoa.
The inspectors found 67 jars in two stores in Garapan, 44 in two stores in Koblerville, 47 in Kagman, 34 in As Lito, and 24 in San Jose.
Camacho said they have yet to determine how many jars have been sold to consumers.
He said consumers should check if their Peter Pan or Great Value peanut butter has the 2111 batch number on its lid.
He said they should get rid of the jars immediately and call their office at 664-4870.
In a memorandum he prepared on Saturday, Camacho said stores were instructed to remove all recalled product from the shelves and make arrangements with the bureau and the distributor for disposal of the peanut butter.
Camacho said Peter Pan peanut butter will no longer be found on the shelves of stores on island.
He said they are now waiting for the supplier to give them an inventory of the product to make sure that not a single jar remains in the warehouse.
Public Health Secretary Joseph Kevin Villagomez warned the public on Friday that the peanut butter brands from Con Agra in Georgia are not safe to eat as advised by the FDA.
Salmonella Tennessee, Villagomez said, is a bacterium that causes food borne illness, particularly an infection called salmonellosis which is usually transmitted to human by eating food contaminated by animal feces.