--- title: Peanut Butter Recall: Skippy Reduced Fat Creamy description: Nearly 1 ton of Skippy Reduced Fat Creamy peanut butter recalled due to possible contamination with metal shavings canonical: https://time.com/4095417/skippy-peanut-butter-recall/ author: Jack Dickey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-10-31T14:00:39.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T12:14:48.167Z article:section: Health og:title: Skippy Recalls Peanut Butter That Could Contain Metal Shavings og:description: Nearly 1 ton of Skippy Reduced Fat Creamy peanut butter recalled in 7 states og:url: https://time.com/4095417/skippy-peanut-butter-recall/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbbb484957a99b051/69886f060b72e3e53c6e6999/skippy-peanut-butter.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: SAN FRANCISCO, CA - JANUARY 03: Jars of Skippy peanut butter are displayed on a shelf at Cal Mart grocery store on January 3, 2013 in San Francisco, California. Hormel, the maker of Spam, announced that it will purchase the Skippy peanut butter brand f og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Skippy Recalls Peanut Butter That Could Contain Metal Shavings twitter:description: Nearly 1 ton of Skippy Reduced Fat Creamy peanut butter recalled in 7 states twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbbb484957a99b051/69886f060b72e3e53c6e6999/skippy-peanut-butter.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Skippy Recalls Peanut Butter That Could Contain Metal Shavings  by [Jack Dickey](https://time.com/author/jack-dickey/)  ## Jack Dickey Oct 31, 2015 2:00 PM UTC  Jars of Skippy peanut butter are displayed on a shelf at Cal Mart grocery store in San Francisco on Jan. 3, 2013. Jars of Skippy peanut butter are displayed on a shelf at Cal Mart grocery store in San Francisco on Jan. 3, 2013.Justin Sullivan—Getty Images  by [Jack Dickey](https://time.com/author/jack-dickey/)  ## Jack Dickey Oct 31, 2015 2:00 PM UTC Hormel Foods announced [on Thursday](http://www.fda.gov/Safety/Recalls/ucm470175.htm) that it would be recalling 153 cases, or 1,871 pounds, of Skippy Reduced Fat Creamy Peanut Butter, on account of possible contamination with metal shavings. Though the company says no injuries have been reported, swallowing metal objects greater than 7 mm. in length can cause choking and gastric perforation. Hormel [explained](http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/31/business/limited-skippy-peanut-butter-recall-in-7-states.html) that it discovered the shavings during a routine cleaning of its plant in Little Rock, Ark., but that a pallet of peanut butter meant for destruction managed to make its way instead to distribution centers. The distribution centers that received the possibly tainted peanut butter serve Publix, Target and Walmart stores in seven states: Georgia, Virginia, Alabama, North Carolina, South Carolina, Delaware and Arkansas. Customers who did buy the recalled peanut butter—16.3 ounce jars with a “Best If Used By” date of DEC1416LR1 with a package UPC code of 37600-10500—are eligible to return it to the store where it was purchased for an exchange. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4095417/skippy-peanut-butter-recall/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4095417/skippy-peanut-butter-recall/"},"headline":"Skippy Recalls Peanut Butter That Could Contain Metal Shavings","datePublished":"2015-10-31T14:00:39.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T12:14:48.167Z","description":"Nearly 1 ton of Skippy Reduced Fat Creamy peanut butter recalled due to possible contamination with metal shavings","url":"https://time.com/4095417/skippy-peanut-butter-recall/","keywords":["Food","Recalls"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbbb484957a99b051/69886f060b72e3e53c6e6999/skippy-peanut-butter.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Jack Dickey","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/jack-dickey/"}],"articleSection":"Health","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbbb484957a99b051/69886f060b72e3e53c6e6999/skippy-peanut-butter.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"SAN FRANCISCO, CA - JANUARY 03: Jars of Skippy peanut butter are displayed on a shelf at Cal Mart grocery store on January 3, 2013 in San Francisco, California. 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