The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are working together to provide consumers and partners with social media tools to access information about the ongoing peanut butter and peanut-containing product recalls. This page will be updated as new communication approaches are employed.

Resources for Consumers

Blogs

Learn more about the peanut butter and peanut-containing product recalls through blogs. The following blogs provide information about the product recalls and outbreak investigations, and each encourages comments and conversations related to the blog posts.

• HHS Peanut Product Recall Blog (HHS)
  This new blog will include posts from CDC, FDA and HHS representative.
• CDC National Center for Zoonotic, Vector Borne, and Enteric Diseases (NCZVED) (CDC)
  On the Public Health Matters Blog: Ingredient Driven Outbreaks: The Inside is Bigger than the Outside
• Webinar for Bloggers
  The webinar held on February 3rd, 2009, gave blog writers the chance to speak with FDA and CDC subject matter experts about the Salmonella Typhimurium outbreak efforts and future resources for bloggers during food safety incidents.
  • For more information about this event or to participate, please email NCHMInteractiveMedia@cdc.gov.
• More about CDC blog efforts

eMail Subscriptions

Sign up for email updates when Web site information on certain health topics from HHS, FDA and CDC is changed.

• FDA Email Updates (FDA)
• CDC Email Updates (CDC)
• HHS Email Updates (HHS)
  

Health-e-Cards

Keep your friends, family and coworkers informed. Send them tips for staying healthy:

• CDC Health-e-Cards (CDC)
  Send cards to friends and family about peanut butter and peanut-containing product recalls, the Super Bowl, and much more.

Mobile Information

Access important CDC and FDA information about peanut butter and peanut-containing product recalls via the new mobile CDC Web site:

• Point your mobile browser to http://m.cdc.gov (CDC)

Online Video

Watch a video from the FDA on things you should know during the peanut butter and peanut-containing product recalls. Watch the video on any of the following Web sites:

• Dos and Don'ts During the Peanut Salmonella Outbreak: FDAs Dr. Stephen Sundlof (FDA)
• FDA YouTube Channel (FDA)
• CDC YouTube Channel (CDC)

Phone/Email: CDC National Contact Center

Have questions about the peanut butter and peanut-containing product recalls? Representatives are available 24/7 to answer your questions in English and Spanish. For up-to-date information about the recalls and hundreds of other health and safety topics:

• Call 1-800-CDC-INFO (1-800-232-4636), TTY: (888) 232-6348, English/Spanish, 24 Hours/Every Day
• Email: cdcinfo@cdc.gov
• Postal Mail:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  1600 Clifton Rd, Atlanta
  GA 30333, U.S.A.
  

Podcasts

Listen to podcasts with current information about the peanut butter and peanut-containing product recall and the Salmonella Typhimurium outbreak. You can watch any of these podcasts from your computer or download them to an MP3 player or mobile device.

(English) Salmonella Serotype Typhimurium Outbreak in Peanut Butter and Peanut Butter-Containing Products (CDC)
Listen To This Podcast... (3:41) This podcast discusses the Salmonella Typhimurium outbreak in peanut butter and peanut butter-containing products. (Created: 1/21/2009 by National Center for Zoonotic, Vector-borne, and Enteric Diseases (NCZVED))
Date Released: 1/21/2009

(Spanish) Brotes infecciosos causados por Salmonella typhimurium en la mantequilla de maní y otros productos que la contienen (CDC)
Listen To This Podcast... (3:48) Este podcast habla sobre los brotes infecciosos causados por Salmonella typhimurium en la mantequilla de maní y otros productos que la contienen. (Created: 1/21/2009 by National Center for Zoonotic, Vector-borne, and Enteric Diseases (NCZVED))
Date Released: 1/23/2009

• More about FDA podcasts (FDA)
• More about CDC podcasts (CDC)
• Subscribe to CDC podcast series (CDC)

RSS Feeds

Subscribe to RSS updates for ongoing news related to the peanut butter and peanut-containing product recalls. News and alerts will be delivered directly to your RSS reader when you sign-up for the following RSS feeds:

• CDC Emergency Preparedness and Response: What's New (CDC)
• FDA RSS Activities (FDA)
• More About CDC RSS Activities (CDC)

Social Networks

Stay informed about the ongoing peanut butter and peanut-containing product recall through CDC's social network profiles:

• CDC on MySpace (CDC)
• CDC on DailyStrength (CDC)

Badges for Social Networks

Add a badge to your social network profile. Let your friends know that you support healthy choices and encourage them to do the same by placing one of these badges on your social network profile page.

• Salmonella Badges page

Twitter

 Follow updates from FDA and CDC on Twitter:

• FDA's Recall Twitter feed (FDA)
  Information and updates on FDA food and drug related recalls including the peanut butter and peanut-containing product recalls
• CDC's new Twitter feed for Emergency Information (CDC)
  Emergency announcements from CDC and partner agencies
• CDC's Twitter feed for Health Professionals (CDC)
  For interested Health Professionals interested in staying up-to-date with CDC's interactive media activities (includes alerts of when new mobile content and widgets are released by CDC)

Virtual Worlds

Access recall and outbreak investigation information from the virtual world Second Life. In addition to the virtual lab, awareness bracelets and biohazard suits, visitors to the CDC Second Life island can now find the following in-world information related to the peanut butter and peanut-containing product recall: streaming podcasts for adults and children, an in-world notice about the outbreak, and links to CDC information and the FDA database of product recalls.

• More about CDC Virtual Worlds (CDC)

Web Sites

Find updated information about the peanut butter and peanut-containing product recalls from FDA.gov and CDC.gov:

• FDA Peanut Butter and Peanut-Containing Product Recall Information (FDA)
• CDC Peanut Butter and Peanut-Containing Product Recall Information (CDC)
  

Widgets

FDA Product Recall List
Add a widget to your homepage and get updated recall information and resources. The following widgets have been created to disseminate information related to the peanut butter and peanut-containing product recalls. Once you've added a widget to your homepage, blog, or Web site, the content will automatically update with current information.

• Search for peanut butter product recalls (CDC)
  Enables searching by brand name, product description, and more.
• Current U.S map of reported Salmonella Typhimurium cases (CDC)
• Everyday Health tips for consumers (CDC)
  Includes information on the peanut butter and peanut-containing product recall.
• More about CDC widgets (CDC)

Content Syndication

Syndicate information about the Salmonella outbreak to your Web pages. Content Syndication is a technical application that allows CDC partners to mirror CDC's Web content within their own sites. Web content from a CDC.gov page is exported to a partner Web site to display within the partner's Web pages. Because this is a technical application, the content is automatically updated, meaning that every time a change is made to the CDC.gov Salmonella Typhimurium outbreak Web page that change is automatically made on the partner's Web page. Content syndication provides a streamlined process for disseminating current and credible content in real-time on other Web sites. (CDC)

Below is an example:

A CDC.gov page with Salmonella Typhimurium outbreak information:

A partner page that uses syndication to display automatically updated CDC content:

For more information about Content Syndication, please email: imtech@cdc.gov.

Phone/Email: CDC National Contact Center

Have questions about the peanut butter and peanut-containing product recalls? Representatives are available 24/7 to answer your questions in English and Spanish. For up-to-date information about the recalls and hundreds of other health and safety topics:

• Call 1-800-CDC-INFO (1-800-232-4636), TTY: (888) 232-6348, English/Spanish, 24 Hours/Every Day
• Email: cdcinfo@cdc.gov
• Postal Mail:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  1600 Clifton Rd, Atlanta
  GA 30333, U.S.A.
  

Web Site Graphics

Display a graphic on your Web site to encourage healthy and safe behaviors. By adding one of these images to your Web sites, you will be part of the national effort to keep consumers informed about recall activities.

• Salmonella Web Site Graphics page

Text Messages

Send a text message to your mobile subscribers. If you have a list of subscribers for text message updates, here is a message that HHS, FDA and CDC created for dissemination through local text messaging networks. (CDC)

US GOV/HHS Health Alert: Get peanut butter recall info at FDA: http://www.fda.gov/salmonella or CDC: 800-232-4636. More:http://m.cdc.gov

XML Product Recall Database

Access an XML database with the FDA's list of recalled products. FDA now provides Peanut Butter and Peanut-Containing Product Recalls data from their database in several formats (Excel, PDF and XML) as part of their commitment to be transparent, open and collaborative. This XML format will allow other institutions and citizens to incorporate this data into their own products and mashups.

• Access the XML data from the FDA's Web (FDA)