FECAL BUTTER: The Breakfast Spread That Could Poison Your Family

🕔 6 a.m. Toast, 5 p.m. FDA Nightmare

On April 9, the FDA quietly issued a recall for 1,701 pounds of Cabot Creamery “Extra Creamy” Sea‑Salted Butter—distributed to seven states from Arkansas to Vermont—after lab tests found “elevated levels of coliform,” bacteria born in human and animal feces.​EatingWell By the time morning‑show anchors finished praising spring brunch recipes, a potential dose of intestinal pathogens was already melting on thousands of pancakes.

Digging deeper, CBS uncovered the grisly details: the contaminated sticks come from one lot (UPC 0 78354 62038 0, best‑by 09‑09‑25), but regulators warn that coliform is a red flag for deadlier bugs—think E. coli O157:H7—lurking unseen in the fat.​CBS News

⚠️ Why This Should Terrify You

• Low‑profile recall, high‑risk product. Butter isn’t washed or reheated; whatever’s in it goes straight to your gut.

• “Class III” label = false calm. Officially deemed “unlikely to cause illness,” yet the FDA simultaneously tells consumers to trash it immediately—because a single pathogenic hitchhiker can trigger kidney‑shredding HUS in kids.​CBS News

• Refrigerator roulette. If fecal bacteria can slip into a premium dairy brand, what’s festering in cheaper, less‑tested spreads?

🔥 The Cascade If Contamination Spreads

• 48 hours: sporadic stomach pain and “mystery” diarrhea spike in ERs.

• 72 hours: hospitals flag E. coli clusters; CDC scrambles to pinpoint sources in half‑eaten sticks tossed into kitchen trash cans.

• 1 week: national butter shortage as panicked shoppers dump every carton; prices of substitutes (ghee, coconut oil) skyrocket.

• 2 weeks: lawsuits rain down, but pathogens don’t wait for court dates—long‑term kidney damage and neurological fallout haunt survivors.

🛡️ Shield Your Kitchen Today

1. Check every butter stick against the recall code—if in doubt, toss it.

2. Sanitize fridge shelves with boiling‑hot, soapy water; bacteria love cold crevices.

3. Switch to glass‑jar or single‑serve fats until the dairy sector proves it can police itself.

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