When did Jiffy peanut butter become Jif? Never. Jif was never named Jiffy. Proctor and Gamble bought Big Top peanut butter, retooled the recipe, and eventually rebranded it as Jif.

J.M. Smucker's representative told INSIDER that a likely reason why so many people think Jif peanut butter used to be called "Jiffy" is that early marketing campaigns would often refer to Jif peanut butter as an easy meal that can be done "in a Jif-fy." This may have led people to conflate the peanut butter's tagline ...

When did Jiffy peanut butter become Jif®? We have always been called Jif® since our company was first founded in 1958!

Jif® has been with The J.M. Smucker Company since 2002. When did Jiffy peanut butter become Jif®? We have always been called Jif® since our company was first founded in 1958!

So, Can You Eat Jif Peanut Butter? For now, Jif peanut butter has the FDA OK, as long as you are consuming a new product, and not one listed above. People who find impacted Jif products should discard them and wash and sanitize surfaces and utensils that may have touched the peanut butter.

The J. M. Smucker Co. is recalling select Jif® peanut butter products sold in the U.S. due to potential Salmonella contamination. Salmonella is an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems.

Key Takeaways. Jif peanut butter is once again safe to eat. The CDC and FDA have declared the end of a Jif peanut butter salmonella outbreak, which previously caused the company to recall 49 products this June.

The first seven digits of the product code range for the impacted products are 1274425 – 2140425. The last three numbers of the Product Code must be 425 in order to be included in the recall.

Jif's creamy, crunchy, natural and reduced fat peanut butters have been linked to a salmonella outbreak across 12 states that has left 14 ill, with two people being hospitalized. Side effects from salmonella poisoning include fever, diarrhea, nausea and vomiting.

Jif peanut butter is once again safe to eat, so long as you don't consume a product listed in the company's June recall for salmonella. Customers who find a recalled product in their home can file a recall claim with Jif online, call the company at 1-800-828-9980, or contact them at jif.com/contact-us.

Although the salmonella outbreak is over, products listed in Jif's initial recall are not magically decontaminated. They are still not safe to eat. Because unopened peanut butter can last in the pantry from between six to nine months,4 it can't hurt to double check your stock.

The company says after submitting the recall form, people should dispose of their Jif peanut butter product. After reviewing the claim, they will send coupons for replacement products for any items covered by the recall.